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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Guangxi Silkgarden Resort and Spa in China by Rongor Design & ConsultantJanuary 18th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Sunshine PR Xiangzhou, located in the center of Guangxi, is known for the local hot spring which has centuries of history, and is being referred to as “the Best Hot Spring in South Central China”. Silkgarden Resort and Spa, is situated at this pastoral scene, which is described with the verse “Fairy water falls on earth, and beautiful scenery is looming in the mist. Out of the client’s trust, the designer is invited to take full control of the whole project from overall planning, to architecture design, landscape design and interior design.  Entrance, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng
 Courtyard, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng In resort planning and design, garden style architecture is a common construction technique used. The major consideration for the designer is how to coordinate reasonably the various complicated functions of the hotel and put them into an integrated whole through identifying their common feature. The rapid development of economy speed up the complexity of the city, which makes people become increasingly long to relax themselves in the nature. But the reality is the cold and so called modern architecture or foreign style architecture is a far cry from people’s traditional complex to “find the peace of mind by indulging themselves in the beauty of mountains and waters”. So the design looks at how to make up the loss of traditional culture and to redefine the resort. The designer divides the main functions of the hotel into guest room area, dining & meeting center and spa center ultimately, and redefines them with Chinese traditional courtyard relationship.  Courtyard, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Hotel Lobby, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng At the guest room area, guests could enter the three courtyards enclosed by ten two-story buildings through the front yard surrounded by the lobby and auxiliary space. They form the main structure of guestrooms, and the courtyards become the main nodes that connect all the spaces. After fully consideration of guests’ routes of activity and the service process and radius, the three courtyards are distributed in “triangle” shape. In traditional courtyard, all functional spaces are closed to external environment and open to the courtyard itself. However, base on the modern way of life and the management pattern of the hotel, the designer takes a completely different approach: the courtyards are closed to all guest rooms and open to the exterior environment. This ensures the privacy of the guests while at the same time creates excellent outdoor views. Before entering each building from the courtyards, guests need to get through the small yards of each building and then walk through the bamboo grove in front of each guest room in the corridor. In this way, an imagery where there are courtyards in the courtyard, and there are scenes in front of the house is created. Different designs of different spaces allow the guests to experience the process of entering into their private space while sensing the changes of spaces, and their mind is thus fully relaxed.  Hotel Lobby, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Atrium of the Dining and Conference Center, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng The technique of courtyard is also used in dining and meeting center and hot spring bath center. The banquet hall, dining hall and conference room are unfolded naturally around a central courtyard. The use of courtyard makes the space of the hot spring bath center open or close to outside different environments properly. Because of the courtyard, even in the most private changing room and bathroom, guests feel like being in the nature, and obtain enough natural lighting.  Atrium of the Dining and Conference Center, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Cafe, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng The rich level of the courtyard, on the other hand, simplifies the facade of the building, which is similar to the traditional Chinese ink painting where black, white and grey are chosen naturally. The designer avoids complex shapes and facade; white is taken as background, and locally produced cinerous stone is used to form the basic outline of the building, and the timber used in some parts increases the friendly feeling of the space. Here, the artistic conception of traditional residence “white walls and grey tiles” is reborn in a modern and enjoyable way.  Guest Room Exterior, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Guest Room, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng Local natural sceneries “cloud”, “amazing trees” and “beautiful water” are extracted by the designer in an abstract way, and being integrated into interior and exterior spaces of the hotel by using different techniques. This makes the interior space corresponds finely with the exterior space and creates a “Yin Yang” harmony between them. “Cloud”, “tree” and “water” are embodied in the design of every courtyard and become the design theme of the interior space of guest room, dining area and spa center. Based on these elements, the design of standard guest rooms makes changes from consistency through dealing with colors and details, giving the guests different feelings. “Zhuang brocade” pattern which derived from local traditional hand-woven fabrics are reflected in every part of the space such as walls, partitions, furniture, fabrics etc. in various ways. Together with the massive application of local materials and construction methods, it shows the designer’s respect to the local traditional culture in a moderate and exquisite way; and meanwhile it offers the guests a native, comfortable and natural leisure experience and natural taste.  Guest Room, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Guest Room, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng Chinese traditional culture becomes weaker and weaker with the impact of modern civilization, so what could be done to keep it from becoming “Moon in the water” and “flower in the mirror”? The designer hopes to find a new way through using modern techniques while keeping the traditional essence such as quiet, delicate, profound and Zen sense. By doing this, a new inheritance way may then be found.  Dining and Conference Center Banquet Hall, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Dining and Conference Center Atrium, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng About Architect QIN Yue-Ming, the Design Director of Shenzhen Rongor Design & Consultant Co., Ltd. QIN Yue-Ming received a Bachelor of Architecture in Chongqing University in 1990, got involved into the field of interior design in 1994 and founded Rongor Design & Consultant in 1999 in Shenzhen, China. He is now a guest lecturer at ShenZhen University, an executive editor of interior design magazine《CHINA INTERIOR》，the vice chairman of Shenzhen Institute of Interior Design(SIID), the director of China institute of Interior Design (CIID), a committee member of CIID’s third committee (Shenzhen), and a mentor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Tongji University and China Central Academy of Fine Arts.  Spa Center Lobby, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Villa-Living Room and Dining Room, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  Courtyards-Bird’s Eye View 2, Image Courtesy © Jing Xu-Feng  QIN Yue-Ming, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant  Architecture Elevation, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant  Site Plan black and white, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant  Suit 1, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant  Suit 2, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant  Sketch 1, Image Courtesy © Rongor Design & Consultant
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