I O Hotel ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱫᱟᱨᱥᱚᱱᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ Competition Category.
ᱞᱚᱦᱟᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ· 2021
I O Hotel ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ
Client: Eterno Design
A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ Winner in ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ Category
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About I O Hotel ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ
ᱟᱭ ᱳ ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱚ ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱛᱟᱜ ᱡᱷᱟᱱᱡᱤᱟᱝ, ᱜᱩᱭᱟᱝᱰᱚᱝ, ᱪᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱹᱨᱚᱵᱟᱨ ᱵᱤᱞᱰᱤᱝ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱰᱚᱶᱦᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱦᱨᱮ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱶ ᱠᱚ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱞᱚᱵᱤ ᱨᱮ, ᱢᱩᱲᱩᱛ ᱛᱮᱲᱟᱜ ᱪᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱟᱪᱷᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱜᱟᱞᱟᱥ ᱪᱮᱛᱟᱱ ᱥᱮᱞᱮᱫ ᱮᱱᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱴ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱚ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱲᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱠ ᱠᱚᱨᱟᱭ ᱟᱞᱩᱢᱤᱱᱤᱭᱟᱢ ᱥᱤᱴ ᱠᱚ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱨᱢ ᱠᱚᱭᱮᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱚ-ᱪᱷᱟᱭᱟᱶ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱟᱝ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱠᱚᱭᱮᱫᱟ ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱨᱤ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ 2500 ᱥᱠᱣᱮᱨ ᱢᱤᱴᱚᱨ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱲᱟᱜᱟ ᱟᱨ 36 ᱴᱟᱠᱟ ᱠᱚᱢᱨᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱾ ᱵᱮᱵᱷᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱟᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮ ᱴᱮᱨᱟᱡᱳ, ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱴᱷᱤᱱ ᱫᱤᱨᱤ, ᱫᱟᱨᱩ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱢᱰᱟᱶ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱟ ᱾
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ
I O Hotel ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱞᱚᱦᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ I O Hotel ᱴᱷᱮᱡ ᱡᱩᱲᱤ ᱡᱷᱚᱛᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Situated on the top floor of a commercial building in the downtown area, the hotel offers a panoramic view of the outdoor landscape and a tranquil environment. In the lobby, the designers retained the original oblique interior roof structure, and added glass ceiling to enhance natural daylighting, and at the same time utilized perforated aluminum sheets to soften the light and produce interplay of light and shadows.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The area of project is 2500 square meter.
- Tags
- Jupiter I, Zhangjiang, shadows, hotel, sloped roof structure, the Solar System
- Production Technology
- The interior is characterized by a diversified material palette consisting of terrazzo, deep-colored ultrathin stone materials, timber, and leather coverings, etc., which fuses softness and solidness and enriches textures of the space.
Main materials: perforated aluminum sheet, ultrathin stone materials, terrazzo, wooden veneer, back-painted glass, mosaic tile, stainless steel, wooden flooring, paint - Design Challenge
- The staircases strengthen the three-dimensional visual impression of the space, and make the experience of going up and down more interesting.
It was very challenging to approach the rooms with a sloped roof structure. The design team turned an oblique angle between the interior roof and the wall into 90 degree, and added a skylight to introduce daylight. In this way, the re-imagined ceiling was endowed with both a simplistic form and rich details, and was made a highlight in the space. - Research
- Zhanjiang, where the project is located, is a city in the southern part of China mainland, which boasts unparalleled coastline and spectacular view of tides.
By skillfully making use of light and shadows, structures and colors, the design team injected imagination into spatial scenes, which will attract the guests to experience and explore the unknown. - Inspiration
- The hotel is named after IO (Jupiter I), which is the innermost of the fourGalilean moonsof the planetJupiter. IO is the most geologically active object in the Solar System.
The moon of IO is full of unknowns, changes and uncertainties. Those properties coincide with the designers' initial conception of the hotel. They refused to restrict the interior design to a certain style, but combined contrasting yet diverse design elements to bring more possibilities to urban hotels. - Project Duration
- Completion time: October 2019
Location: Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China - Operation Flow
- Occupying a total area of 2500 sqm, the hotel has 36 distinctive guest rooms. Each guest room is an independent unit, and also an integral part of a whole system that provides diverse experiences, just like numerous rotating objects constitute the Solar System. Erecting opposite the Sheraton not far away, I O HOTEL embraces the coastline in its unique way.
- Team Members
- Chief designers: Chen Huacai, Xu Hezhan
Design team: Jiang Honglan, Xu Meijie, Huang Jian, Lu Yunfeng - Image Credits
- Photography: ETERNO /MGS
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