I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì by Chen Huacai and Xu Hezhan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
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I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì
Client: Eterno Design
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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About I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì
Ọ̀rọ̀ Ìwé: I O Hotel jẹ́ ìṣẹ̀dá inú hótẹ́ẹ̀lì kan tí ó wà ní Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì náà gba ilé òkè tí ó ga jùlọ nínú ilé-iṣẹ́ oníṣòwò kan ní àárín ìlú, ó sì ń fúnni ní ìwòye kíkún ti ìṣàyíká ìta gbangba. Nínú gbọ̀ngàn ìtẹ́wọ́gbà, wọ́n pa ètò òrùlé tí ó jẹ́ àsẹ̀yìnwá-àsẹ̀yìnbọ̀ mọ́, wọ́n sì fi àjà dígí kún un láti mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ ọ̀sán àdánidá pọ̀ sí i. Àwọn pátákò áluminiọ́mù tí a fọ́ ihò sí ń mú ìmọ́lẹ̀ rọ̀, wọ́n sì ń dá ìbáṣepọ̀ ìmọ́lẹ̀ àti òjìji sílẹ̀. Inú ilé náà bo àgbègbè mítà onígun mẹ́rin 2500, ó sì ní yàrá àlejò 36. Àwọn ohun èlò tí a lò pẹ̀lú terrazzo, òkúta tín-ínrín, igi àti awọ.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún I O Hotel Ìṣẹ́ Àkọ́kọ́: Ìṣẹ̀dá Inú Hótẹ́ẹ̀lì nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
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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