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Chengdu Huashuiwan Lijun · Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel
Chengdu, China
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Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
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Growing towards nature, gad unveils the design for "Chengdu Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel"
This is a hot spring settlement that grows along the contours of snow-capped mountains, harmoniously coexists with nature, and inherits the spiritual essence of "Qiang Village." Located in Huashuiwan, Dayi County, Chengdu, the Chengdu Huashuiwan Lijun·Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel is a 1.5-hour drive from Chengdu. Nestled at the foot of Xiling Snow Mountain and surrounded by majestic peaks, it offers a naturally tranquil atmosphere and expansive scenic views. The western Sichuan region is renowned for its diverse cultural characteristics. Around the hotel, many well-preserved ancient villages remain, with the most representative being the "Qiang Village." As the only Qiang ethnic settlement in China, Qiang Village retains its unique architectural culture and infuses the region with distinctive cultural charm.
The abundant natural resources, including snow-capped mountains, forests, and hot springs, along with the rich historical and cultural heritage of Qiang Village, provide immense possibilities for the project, presenting both opportunities and challenges for innovative design.
Covering approximately 35,000 square meters with a total investment of about 600 million yuan, the project provides 112 guest rooms and is positioned as a "world-class hotel with cultural depth." The operator aims to create a highly private artistic hot spring hotel, offering a unique vacation experience for the western Sichuan region. Against this backdrop, we developed the design across multiple dimensions, including site intervention strategies, integration of regional characteristics, and emotional creation of spatial settings.
01 A Natural Village
We learned from "villages," drawing inspiration from their free-spirited architectural forms and context-sensitive spatial strategies.
With the design concept of "a hot spring settlement under snow-capped mountains," we took nature as the foundation and the "spirit of Qiang Village" as the regional cultural core, creating two major areas: "public area" and "guest rooms."
The public area on the north side encompasses various functions, including "reception, dining, offices, hot springs, wellness, entertainment, and lodging." By connecting the functional areas of the public area with continuous, tall, and solid architectural forms, we responded to the noisy street interface with a relatively enclosed and mysterious "village-fortress," effectively shielding the hotel from disturbances from the northern town.
The guest rooms on the south side are embedded into the mountain terrain with a dynamic spatial layout. The design creates a relaxed interior space that extends into the mountain, blending the staggered architectural forms with the forest landscape. The winding streets connect different areas, creating a sense of "surprise" as they intersect with the surrounding woods and hills, unveiling a secluded paradise that conforms to nature, grows naturally, and continues the spiritual core of regional culture.
02 Creating Special Emotions and Memories
Centering on diverse functions such as "reception and drop-off, lobby dining, wellness and entertainment, conference and office, hot spring therapy, private banquets, and exclusive accommodations," the public area of the hotel offers major functional areas including the reception center, all-day dining hall, hot spring center, mountaintop restaurant, and private guest rooms.
For the exterior design, we abstractly deconstructed the forms of "Qiang Village" and reassembled them to extract the design vocabulary unique to this land, connected different architectural functions, and created unified yet personalized spaces that offer memorable and culturally rich public area experiences. We used brick-red rammed earth and dark solid wood to shape the buildings with a "rustic" approach, crafting a simple yet mysterious architectural image from a sensory perspective.
Three Huge Rocks and Three Courtyards—The Reception Center
The drop-off area and lobby are connected through three "water courtyards" with distinct experiences. The first water courtyard is the drop-off area at the entrance. Three "huge rocks," serving as the main supports, elevate the canopy structure, while "Qiang Village window patterns," as design motifs, create uniquely styled grilles around the drop-off courtyard.
Beside the drop-off courtyard, there is the second courtyard—"Waterfall Courtyard"—which features a 10-meter-high waterfall. As a transitional space, it isolates the noise and distractions from the surroundings and guides emotions toward natural relaxation. The third courtyard—the Water Courtyard—translates the "inward-sloping" motif of Qiang Village, combining still water surfaces, rammed earth walls, and window-patterned grilles to guide guests' emotions and create a tranquil, stable spiritual space.
The Sliding Mountain Forest – All-Day Dining Restaurant
The hotel lobby, dining hall, and recreational public areas are all centered around a "mountain forest that slides into the hotel." We didn’t create artificial boundaries here but blurred the line between nature and artificial, allowing natural elements like mountain forests, sunlight, rocks, water, and wind to permeate every space. The all-day dining hall is arranged facing the ridgeline, with the mountain terrain forming the foreground. A large movable floor-to-ceiling glass panel is installed here to further enhance the seamless connection between people and nature. On the second floor, there is a rooftop lounge connected to the dining hall via an indoor staircase. With wooden gray spaces and sunken water-view seating, it creates an open space for engaging with nature. On either side of the dining hall, the reception lobby, recreational facilities, and private dining rooms ensure that every functional area faces nature, making this "sliding mountain forest" a medium for dialogue with nature.
Village Within Village – The Hot Spring Center
The hot spring center is located on the west side of the public area, continuing the design language of "village." With the concept of "village within village," we created a hot spring center in a limited space through staggered, interwoven, and stacked volumes, offering a rich spatial experience reminiscent of a fortress. Inside, we strive to create spaces of varying scales for different user groups, such as for families, couples, and individuals. We hope that every guest can find their own comfortable space here, enjoying both physical and mental relaxation.
The indoor space introduces sunlight, and the cascading waterfall at the eaves, combined with the sunlight, creates a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. Meanwhile, the outdoor open-air hot spring pools allow people to get closer to nature, feeling the flow of wind, light, and time, as well as the essence of life.
Sansheng Stone Restaurant – Mountain-Top Restaurant
For the Sansheng Stone Restaurant, the design combines the architectural form with mysterious metaphors and presents a rustic "handcrafted" feel. The surrounding bamboo forest is preserved to the largest extent, with three huge rock-shaped buildings on the hilltop, allowing the architecture to blend with the mountain and forest, echoing with the natural world, metaphorically representing "the Tao follows nature, and the three begets all things of the world."
We aim to create three distinct emotional experiences here: first, a sense of "curiosity" evoked by viewing the site from afar; second, a feeling of "serenity" felt when entering the towering, cave-like interior space, ascending step by step to reach the ritualistic fire pit at the top, and overlooking the mountains; and third, a sense of "awe" toward nature when standing at the rooftop, a ceremonial platform for evening rituals, surrounded by the jungle, echoing the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Mountain-View Hot Spring Villas – Private Guest Rooms
The guest room area consists entirely of villas, each covering 130 square meters. To echo the "village-like" atmosphere, we adopted a series of design strategies for the guest rooms.
First, we connected the guest room area as a whole to form a main street where people can stroll freely and have a natural and continuous spatial experience. Second, through "branch-like infiltration" into the mountainside, we gradually expanded the guest room area toward the mountain, creating appropriately scaled alleyways and streets. Finally, by stacking and staggering structures in harmony with the terrain, we created a rich hierarchy of architectural spaces. Through strict control of sightlines, the privacy of each unit is ensured, with every courtyard serving as an exclusive, private space for mountain viewing. We also preserved as much of the original vegetation as possible, complemented by local materials such as stones, wood, and rammed earth, shaping an external landscape that reflects the character of the site, evoking a sense of warmth, relaxation, and security.
03 Summary
The goal of the project is to create a spiritually rejuvenating space-time through the designer's expressive control of nature, culture, and space, as well as meticulous attention to detail. We are committed to creating a highly artistic hot spring hotel, crafting unique emotions and memories, and providing an exclusive and unforgettable travel experience in Western Sichuan.
Project Information
Project Name: Chengdu Huashuiwan Lijun · Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Address: South Hot Spring Road, Huashuiwan Town, Dayi County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Time of Design: 2023
Time of Completion: 2025
Land Area: 34,380 m²
Floor Area: 29,429 m²
Plot Ratio: 0.57
Designed By: gad
Owner: Sichuan Dexin Housheng Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
Hotel Manager: SAMATHA HOTELS&RESORTS
This is a hot spring settlement that grows along the contours of snow-capped mountains, harmoniously coexists with nature, and inherits the spiritual essence of "Qiang Village." Located in Huashuiwan, Dayi County, Chengdu, the Chengdu Huashuiwan Lijun·Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel is a 1.5-hour drive from Chengdu. Nestled at the foot of Xiling Snow Mountain and surrounded by majestic peaks, it offers a naturally tranquil atmosphere and expansive scenic views. The western Sichuan region is renowned for its diverse cultural characteristics. Around the hotel, many well-preserved ancient villages remain, with the most representative being the "Qiang Village." As the only Qiang ethnic settlement in China, Qiang Village retains its unique architectural culture and infuses the region with distinctive cultural charm.
The abundant natural resources, including snow-capped mountains, forests, and hot springs, along with the rich historical and cultural heritage of Qiang Village, provide immense possibilities for the project, presenting both opportunities and challenges for innovative design.
Covering approximately 35,000 square meters with a total investment of about 600 million yuan, the project provides 112 guest rooms and is positioned as a "world-class hotel with cultural depth." The operator aims to create a highly private artistic hot spring hotel, offering a unique vacation experience for the western Sichuan region. Against this backdrop, we developed the design across multiple dimensions, including site intervention strategies, integration of regional characteristics, and emotional creation of spatial settings.
01 A Natural Village
We learned from "villages," drawing inspiration from their free-spirited architectural forms and context-sensitive spatial strategies.
With the design concept of "a hot spring settlement under snow-capped mountains," we took nature as the foundation and the "spirit of Qiang Village" as the regional cultural core, creating two major areas: "public area" and "guest rooms."
The public area on the north side encompasses various functions, including "reception, dining, offices, hot springs, wellness, entertainment, and lodging." By connecting the functional areas of the public area with continuous, tall, and solid architectural forms, we responded to the noisy street interface with a relatively enclosed and mysterious "village-fortress," effectively shielding the hotel from disturbances from the northern town.
The guest rooms on the south side are embedded into the mountain terrain with a dynamic spatial layout. The design creates a relaxed interior space that extends into the mountain, blending the staggered architectural forms with the forest landscape. The winding streets connect different areas, creating a sense of "surprise" as they intersect with the surrounding woods and hills, unveiling a secluded paradise that conforms to nature, grows naturally, and continues the spiritual core of regional culture.
02 Creating Special Emotions and Memories
Centering on diverse functions such as "reception and drop-off, lobby dining, wellness and entertainment, conference and office, hot spring therapy, private banquets, and exclusive accommodations," the public area of the hotel offers major functional areas including the reception center, all-day dining hall, hot spring center, mountaintop restaurant, and private guest rooms.
For the exterior design, we abstractly deconstructed the forms of "Qiang Village" and reassembled them to extract the design vocabulary unique to this land, connected different architectural functions, and created unified yet personalized spaces that offer memorable and culturally rich public area experiences. We used brick-red rammed earth and dark solid wood to shape the buildings with a "rustic" approach, crafting a simple yet mysterious architectural image from a sensory perspective.
Three Huge Rocks and Three Courtyards—The Reception Center
The drop-off area and lobby are connected through three "water courtyards" with distinct experiences. The first water courtyard is the drop-off area at the entrance. Three "huge rocks," serving as the main supports, elevate the canopy structure, while "Qiang Village window patterns," as design motifs, create uniquely styled grilles around the drop-off courtyard.
Beside the drop-off courtyard, there is the second courtyard—"Waterfall Courtyard"—which features a 10-meter-high waterfall. As a transitional space, it isolates the noise and distractions from the surroundings and guides emotions toward natural relaxation. The third courtyard—the Water Courtyard—translates the "inward-sloping" motif of Qiang Village, combining still water surfaces, rammed earth walls, and window-patterned grilles to guide guests' emotions and create a tranquil, stable spiritual space.
The Sliding Mountain Forest – All-Day Dining Restaurant
The hotel lobby, dining hall, and recreational public areas are all centered around a "mountain forest that slides into the hotel." We didn’t create artificial boundaries here but blurred the line between nature and artificial, allowing natural elements like mountain forests, sunlight, rocks, water, and wind to permeate every space. The all-day dining hall is arranged facing the ridgeline, with the mountain terrain forming the foreground. A large movable floor-to-ceiling glass panel is installed here to further enhance the seamless connection between people and nature. On the second floor, there is a rooftop lounge connected to the dining hall via an indoor staircase. With wooden gray spaces and sunken water-view seating, it creates an open space for engaging with nature. On either side of the dining hall, the reception lobby, recreational facilities, and private dining rooms ensure that every functional area faces nature, making this "sliding mountain forest" a medium for dialogue with nature.
Village Within Village – The Hot Spring Center
The hot spring center is located on the west side of the public area, continuing the design language of "village." With the concept of "village within village," we created a hot spring center in a limited space through staggered, interwoven, and stacked volumes, offering a rich spatial experience reminiscent of a fortress. Inside, we strive to create spaces of varying scales for different user groups, such as for families, couples, and individuals. We hope that every guest can find their own comfortable space here, enjoying both physical and mental relaxation.
The indoor space introduces sunlight, and the cascading waterfall at the eaves, combined with the sunlight, creates a tranquil and peaceful atmosphere. Meanwhile, the outdoor open-air hot spring pools allow people to get closer to nature, feeling the flow of wind, light, and time, as well as the essence of life.
Sansheng Stone Restaurant – Mountain-Top Restaurant
For the Sansheng Stone Restaurant, the design combines the architectural form with mysterious metaphors and presents a rustic "handcrafted" feel. The surrounding bamboo forest is preserved to the largest extent, with three huge rock-shaped buildings on the hilltop, allowing the architecture to blend with the mountain and forest, echoing with the natural world, metaphorically representing "the Tao follows nature, and the three begets all things of the world."
We aim to create three distinct emotional experiences here: first, a sense of "curiosity" evoked by viewing the site from afar; second, a feeling of "serenity" felt when entering the towering, cave-like interior space, ascending step by step to reach the ritualistic fire pit at the top, and overlooking the mountains; and third, a sense of "awe" toward nature when standing at the rooftop, a ceremonial platform for evening rituals, surrounded by the jungle, echoing the snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Mountain-View Hot Spring Villas – Private Guest Rooms
The guest room area consists entirely of villas, each covering 130 square meters. To echo the "village-like" atmosphere, we adopted a series of design strategies for the guest rooms.
First, we connected the guest room area as a whole to form a main street where people can stroll freely and have a natural and continuous spatial experience. Second, through "branch-like infiltration" into the mountainside, we gradually expanded the guest room area toward the mountain, creating appropriately scaled alleyways and streets. Finally, by stacking and staggering structures in harmony with the terrain, we created a rich hierarchy of architectural spaces. Through strict control of sightlines, the privacy of each unit is ensured, with every courtyard serving as an exclusive, private space for mountain viewing. We also preserved as much of the original vegetation as possible, complemented by local materials such as stones, wood, and rammed earth, shaping an external landscape that reflects the character of the site, evoking a sense of warmth, relaxation, and security.
03 Summary
The goal of the project is to create a spiritually rejuvenating space-time through the designer's expressive control of nature, culture, and space, as well as meticulous attention to detail. We are committed to creating a highly artistic hot spring hotel, crafting unique emotions and memories, and providing an exclusive and unforgettable travel experience in Western Sichuan.
Project Information
Project Name: Chengdu Huashuiwan Lijun · Yinmachuan Hot Spring Hotel
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Address: South Hot Spring Road, Huashuiwan Town, Dayi County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Time of Design: 2023
Time of Completion: 2025
Land Area: 34,380 m²
Floor Area: 29,429 m²
Plot Ratio: 0.57
Designed By: gad
Owner: Sichuan Dexin Housheng Enterprise Management Co., Ltd.
Hotel Manager: SAMATHA HOTELS&RESORTS
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