Article source: YANG & ASSOCIATES GROUP

Design Specification：

On the beach of Shimei Bay, known as the \”most beautiful\” beach in Hainan, there is a 4,000-year-old vatica mangachapoi forest community stretches along the coastline. It has been protected by the government from the Qing Dynasty Guangxu years, and is one of the world’s last three major coastal vatica mangachapoi forests. Covering nearly 120,000 square meters, Westin Shimei Bay Resort is located here. The unique geographical environment has been constantly providing design inspirations for YANG. “Exploring the Vatica mangachapoi Forest” is chosen as the theme in line with the Westin hotel’s natural leisure and vibrant brand positioning. Plants and natural distributions of water in the vatica mangachapoi forest are ingeniously move into the hotel lobby. Natural patches, trunks and other elements, extracted from vatica mangachapoi, are copied on screens, carpets, and walls.

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• Architects: YANG & ASSOCIATES GROUP
• Project: The Westin Shimei Bay Resort 
• Location: No.1 Binhai Road, Shimei Bay Tourism District Wanning, Hainan, China
• Management Company: Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
• Chief Designers: Yang Bangsheng, Chen Anyun, Tian Shuai
• Area: Around 120,000㎡
• Opening Time: December 12th, 2016

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