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Light and Shadow – Minus One Hot Spring Hotel Design
Light and Shadow – Minus One Hot Spring Hotel Design
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Other Projects by Jing-Rui Lin (Usual Studio)
Light and Shadow – Minus One Hot Spring Hotel Design
China
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
01. Project Overview
When Usual Studio first engaged with the project, the original structure had already been substantially constructed, limiting the possibilities for architectural space design and presenting challenges for the subsequent design process. In this context, the design aimed to cleverly utilize functional composition, circulation experience, variations in light and shadow, and regionally specific materials to redefine the vacation space.
02. Entrance
The eastern side of the site is adjacent to a busy street, with constant traffic and noise. To address this, a landscape wall constructed from steel panels and steel grilles serves as the main facade facing the street while also creating a tranquil space. The rigid wall softens at the entrance, forming a recessed transitional foyer that eases the relationship with the street, allowing pedestrians to pause and linger at this spot.
The deep black steel panels firmly rest upon stone bases, providing a sense of stability with their substantial materiality. Sunlight filters through the grilles, casting orderly patterns of light and shadow onto the dark steel panels. Walking among them, one's mood also settles along with the surroundings.
03. Reconstruction Center
The site features three original building volumes of varying heights arranged in a U-shaped configuration along the irregular trapezoidal plot boundary. Consequently, the resulting interior courtyard space also exhibits irregularity, leading to a lack of centrality in the most crucial inner courtyard space. This imbalance poses the most challenging issue on the site, yet it also becomes the breakthrough point for sublimating the environment.
In a scenario where increasing building volume is not feasible, we utilize a circular canopy to reshape an interior courtyard . This central feature serves not only as a functional hub but also as a spiritual focal point, embodying the core essence of the hotel's hot spring vacation experience.
04. Symphony of Light and Shadow
The circular canopy is formed by steel cables converging from above the irregular courtyard towards a central circular ring with an 8-meter diameter, resembling a huge flower blooming towards the sky, casting beautiful and colorful light and shadow. Each steel cable supports a 1.8-meter-long V-shaped aluminum grille, which is arranged in an interlocking pattern to provide effective shading for the hot spring pool below.
The density of the circular steel cable canopy varies depending on the number of cables used. After thorough three-dimensional simulations, we found that a quantity ranging from 350 to 380 cables achieves a good balance between shading and spatial transparency. Within this range, we decided on the specific number of cables in a more symbolic and emotional manner. The interlocking lattice represents our intersecting stories through time. With 365 cables spanning directly into the circular ring, each cable symbolizes one day of the year, each day heading towards the center in pursuit of beauty.
When Usual Studio first engaged with the project, the original structure had already been substantially constructed, limiting the possibilities for architectural space design and presenting challenges for the subsequent design process. In this context, the design aimed to cleverly utilize functional composition, circulation experience, variations in light and shadow, and regionally specific materials to redefine the vacation space.
02. Entrance
The eastern side of the site is adjacent to a busy street, with constant traffic and noise. To address this, a landscape wall constructed from steel panels and steel grilles serves as the main facade facing the street while also creating a tranquil space. The rigid wall softens at the entrance, forming a recessed transitional foyer that eases the relationship with the street, allowing pedestrians to pause and linger at this spot.
The deep black steel panels firmly rest upon stone bases, providing a sense of stability with their substantial materiality. Sunlight filters through the grilles, casting orderly patterns of light and shadow onto the dark steel panels. Walking among them, one's mood also settles along with the surroundings.
03. Reconstruction Center
The site features three original building volumes of varying heights arranged in a U-shaped configuration along the irregular trapezoidal plot boundary. Consequently, the resulting interior courtyard space also exhibits irregularity, leading to a lack of centrality in the most crucial inner courtyard space. This imbalance poses the most challenging issue on the site, yet it also becomes the breakthrough point for sublimating the environment.
In a scenario where increasing building volume is not feasible, we utilize a circular canopy to reshape an interior courtyard . This central feature serves not only as a functional hub but also as a spiritual focal point, embodying the core essence of the hotel's hot spring vacation experience.
04. Symphony of Light and Shadow
The circular canopy is formed by steel cables converging from above the irregular courtyard towards a central circular ring with an 8-meter diameter, resembling a huge flower blooming towards the sky, casting beautiful and colorful light and shadow. Each steel cable supports a 1.8-meter-long V-shaped aluminum grille, which is arranged in an interlocking pattern to provide effective shading for the hot spring pool below.
The density of the circular steel cable canopy varies depending on the number of cables used. After thorough three-dimensional simulations, we found that a quantity ranging from 350 to 380 cables achieves a good balance between shading and spatial transparency. Within this range, we decided on the specific number of cables in a more symbolic and emotional manner. The interlocking lattice represents our intersecting stories through time. With 365 cables spanning directly into the circular ring, each cable symbolizes one day of the year, each day heading towards the center in pursuit of beauty.
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