Dongshanhu Hotspring Hotel

Location: Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Year: 2015

The project site is 45 mins drive from Shantou and Dongshanhu is a famous hot spring resort at the region. When the young client plans to develop its second phase, he wishes the architect to create a unique hot spring experience. The traditional hot spring makes the water as public space, while in our design we wish to make it as the core element of the hotel. When people bath,  they will experience the nature and also the architecture.

In terms of unit design, it ranges from one bedroom to four bedrooms. All buildings are in one single floor to minimize the volume in the natural context. Each hotel room has unique landscape and privacy, the hot spring is extended to semi-outdoor which people can enjoy the mountain view while bathing.

Many architects elaborate the buildings in terms of massiveness and put nature into second importance. In this case, we invert this relationship that nature is the first place in the complex for organizing every architectural elements.