Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2025
Xichang Joyhub Air Hotel by SHXDAL presents a masterful synthesis of contemporary architectural vision and traditional Eastern garden aesthetics, captured during the evocative golden hour when warm amber light bathes the complex in honeyed luminosity while cool cerulean and soft coral clouds drift across the expansive sky above. The compositional architecture operates through a sophisticated bilateral arrangement where two substantial pavilion structures anchor the left and right thirds of the frame, their peaked rooflines creating dynamic triangular silhouettes that echo vernacular regional building traditions while their extensive glazing systems speak to contemporary transparency and openness. The left pavilion features floor-to-ceiling glass walls arranged in a grid pattern that reveals warmly illuminated interior spaces, the mullion system creating a rhythmic verticality that draws the eye upward toward the distinctive angular roofline. The opposing structure on the right employs an entirely different material strategy, utilizing wooden lattice screens in a traditional grid pattern that filters interior light into a warm honeyed glow, creating visual dialogue between transparency and filtered privacy. Between these architectural anchors unfolds an extraordinary landscape composition featuring sinuous pathways of deep cobalt blue aggregate that wind like flowing water through undulating mounds of vibrant chartreuse moss groundcover. Carefully placed scholar rocks of silvered gray punctuate the garden composition with their organic, time-worn forms, while specimen trees with delicate branching patterns rise from illuminated bases, their foliage catching the last warm rays of daylight. A small wooden boat rests upon the blue pathway, introducing an element of poetic narrative suggesting journey and contemplation. The chromatic harmony achieves remarkable complexity through the interplay of warm architectural lighting against cool twilight sky, the fresh verdant greens of vegetation against the deep blue pathways, and the neutral grays of stone against the warm timber and cool glass of the buildings.
Xichang Joyhub Air Hotel is located on the north shore of Qionghai Sea, which is designed to symbolize a poetic living experience. Create a garden style upscale leisure resort hotel experience in Xichang with a fusion of humanities and natural ecology. Key materials such as artistic paint, wood printed aluminum panels, stone, and wood finishes create a tranquil atmosphere, giving the hotel a unique character. Grey bricks, pitched roofs, and rammed earth walls are reimagined within the interior, where light toned finishes, neutral wooden panels, and deep hued marble create a harmonious space.