千岛湖丽思卡尔顿度假酒店01
杭州
An exterior architectural precedent for hillside resort design, showcasing floating timber-clad volumes resting atop exposed stone and concrete basements.
- What we like about this project
- The upper pavilion dramatically cantilevers over the open garage courtyard below.
Materials
- timber
- concrete
- stone
- glass
Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers
- overhanging-roofs
- elevated-volume
- stone-retaining-wall
Style tags
- contemporary
- regionalist
- tropical-modern
Visual tags
- resort
- hillside-architecture
- timber-cladding
- cantilever
- nature-integration
- Geometry
- Low-slung, horizontal massing stepped down a verdant hillside, featuring extended roof overhangs and a concrete lower retaining and garage level.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louver screens paired with expansive floor-to-ceiling glass openings.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete lower walls supporting upper post-and-beam timber framing with cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Two-to-three-story resort complex set at a grand yet human-scaled residential scale.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows beneath deep eaves and through framing trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, blending natural wood tones with the surrounding forest canopy.
- Environmental context
- Lush hillside with mature deciduous and evergreen trees, rocky retaining walls, and a paved arrival forecourt.
- Spatial experience
- Approached through a wooded clearing, the building balances a heavy stone-and-concrete base with an elevated, light-filled timber volume floating above.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal banding emphasized by long roof eaves and repetitive vertical louvers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist resort architecture
- Program
- Resort hotel
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, concrete, stone, glass
- Visual identifiers
- timber-louvers, overhanging-roofs, elevated-volume, stone-retaining-wall
- Style tags
- contemporary, regionalist, tropical-modern
- Visual tags
- resort, hillside-architecture, timber-cladding, cantilever, nature-integration
- Geometry
- Low-slung, horizontal massing stepped down a verdant hillside, featuring extended roof overhangs and a concrete lower retaining and garage level.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber louver screens paired with expansive floor-to-ceiling glass openings.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete lower walls supporting upper post-and-beam timber framing with cantilevered floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Two-to-three-story resort complex set at a grand yet human-scaled residential scale.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows beneath deep eaves and through framing trees.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, blending natural wood tones with the surrounding forest canopy.
- Environmental context
- Lush hillside with mature deciduous and evergreen trees, rocky retaining walls, and a paved arrival forecourt.
- Spatial experience
- Approached through a wooded clearing, the building balances a heavy stone-and-concrete base with an elevated, light-filled timber volume floating above.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal banding emphasized by long roof eaves and repetitive vertical louvers.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regionalist resort architecture
- Program
- Resort hotel
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture