Indigo Hangzhou
A hospitality entry precedent showcasing symmetrical facade composition with backlit decorative screens and a warm wood-lined canopy.
- What we like about this project
- The fish-scale pattern screen glows uniformly from base lighting, completely masking the light source.
Materials
- wood
- metal
- stone
- glass
- tile
Visual identifiers
- backlit-screens
- central-portal
- wood-soffit
- hotel-entrance
Style tags
- contemporary
- luxury
- hospitality
Visual tags
- hospitality
- night-lighting
- symmetrical
- layered-threshold
- warm-materials
- Geometry
- Symmetrical elevation with a central recessed portal flanked by backlit decorative screens and a dark grid-glazed window bay.
- Facade system
- Backlit metal or ceramic pattern screens flanking a recessed bronze-toned portal and glazed storefront.
- Structural guess
- Concealed structural frame behind finished wall panels and suspended canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled entry portal, roughly single-story height at the canopy.
- Lighting
- Warm integrated backlighting behind screens, recessed downlights in the canopy, and a glowing interior perspective.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, opulent, and sheltered through warm contrasting illumination.
- Environmental context
- Urban street level at night with paved sidewalk in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The deep, warmly lit central portal draws the eye inward from the street through a sequence of layered thresholds.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry anchored by a dark central doorway framed by repeating pattern screens.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury hospitality design
- Program
- Hotel main entrance lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, metal, stone, glass, tile
- Visual identifiers
- backlit-screens, central-portal, wood-soffit, hotel-entrance
- Style tags
- contemporary, luxury, hospitality
- Visual tags
- hospitality, night-lighting, symmetrical, layered-threshold, warm-materials
- Geometry
- Symmetrical elevation with a central recessed portal flanked by backlit decorative screens and a dark grid-glazed window bay.
- Facade system
- Backlit metal or ceramic pattern screens flanking a recessed bronze-toned portal and glazed storefront.
- Structural guess
- Concealed structural frame behind finished wall panels and suspended canopy.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled entry portal, roughly single-story height at the canopy.
- Lighting
- Warm integrated backlighting behind screens, recessed downlights in the canopy, and a glowing interior perspective.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, opulent, and sheltered through warm contrasting illumination.
- Environmental context
- Urban street level at night with paved sidewalk in the foreground.
- Spatial experience
- The deep, warmly lit central portal draws the eye inward from the street through a sequence of layered thresholds.
- Composition rhythm
- Bilateral symmetry anchored by a dark central doorway framed by repeating pattern screens.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury hospitality design
- Program
- Hotel main entrance lobby
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture