Article source: DAS Lab

Time in Shadow

For more than 200 years, the Yellow River has been the cradle of Dawan Village, and become the witness of its developing cultural context. It was not only a frontier city in history, but also a passage way that connects the culture and economy in Serindia area, a precious landscape that combines the Yellow River and the desert.

The project is located at the bank of the River. We do not want an ambitious landmark, instead, we want to create buildings that involves into the nature and become invisible, balancing architecture and nature with humbleness and veneration. There are 15 rooms in the hotel, each room was injected with different characteristics and has a framed view to the river or to the fruit-bearing forest. By creating different room types, DAS Lab tries to experiment on different models, scales and materials to re-evaluate the relationship between human and nature.

Image Courtesy © Schran Studio / Su Shengliang

• Architecture & Interior Designer: DAS Lab
• Project: Lost Villa Boutique Hotel
• Location: Shapotou district, Zhongwei, Ningxia
• Photography: Schran Studio / Su Shengliang
  
• Principal Designer: Li Jingze
• Design Team: Janet, Xiang Guo, Duan Jinjin, Lu Zhangyu
• Owner: Ningxia Zhongwei Lost Villa Hotel Management Ltd.
• Key Materials: concrete, terrazzo, wood veneer, solid board
• Area: 2000 m2
• Design Period: 12/2017-04/2018
• Construction Period: 05/2018-03/2019

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