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Xichang Joyhub Air Hotel by SHXDAL

Xichang Joyhub Air Hotel

Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2025

Slate-grey rooflines cascade across the composition in rhythmic succession, their gently sloping profiles echoing vernacular architectural traditions while establishing a contemporary material vocabulary through precision-milled metal cladding that catches the diffused twilight in graduated tonal bands from cool gunmetal to warm pewter, the repetition of these shallow-pitched gable forms creating a visual cadence that unifies the residential cluster while permitting individuation through subtle variations in scale, orientation, and fenestration patterns, the compositional architecture adhering to modified rule-of-thirds placement with the luminous central pavilion occupying the upper-middle register as the hierarchical focal point, its expansive glazed facade glowing with warm amber incandescence at approximately 2700-3000 Kelvin suggesting interior illumination that reads as honey-toned radiance against the cooler atmospheric envelope, the spatial construction employing atmospheric perspective with foreground clarity yielding to soft-focus distance where mountain silhouettes dissolve into gradated veils of blue-violet haze, the chromatic palette demonstrating sophisticated restraint with dominant desaturated blues and blue-greys in the sky ranging from deep indigo at upper frame through slate and dove grey to pale lavender at horizon, punctuated by the verdant chromium oxide and viridian greens of carefully orchestrated landscape planting that provides organic counterpoint to the orthogonal geometries, the lighting paradigm capturing the liminal transition between day and dusk with diffused directional illumination from camera-left creating gentle modeling on architectural volumes while residual skylight provides soft ambient fill, casting minimal shadows with transparent penumbrae that enhance rather than obscure textural information, the middle-ground pedestrian circulation spine rendered in warm grey concrete or limestone establishes a strong compositional axis that draws the eye from immediate foreground through the central courtyard toward the beckoning pavilion, flanked by reflective water features and naturalistic stone arrangements that introduce haptic textural variety, the surface treatment across architectural elements suggesting refined contemporary materiality with standing-seam metal roofing exhibiting low-sheen matte finish, timber rain-screen cladding in warm-toned cedar or similar species providing tactile warmth, and extensive glazing systems with slender mullions maximizing transparency, edge treatment demonstrates accomplished control with hard architectural edges softened by strategic landscape buffering and the atmospheric diffusion of distant elements, the stylistic attribution suggesting contemporary vernacular hybridization synthesizing traditional pitched-roof typologies with modernist transparency, horizontal emphasis, and seamless indoor-outdoor integration, resonances with contemporary hospitality architecture, wellness resort design traditions, and elevated rural retreat paradigms, the composition inviting contemplation of harmonious coexistence between built intervention and natural setting, the careful calibration of scale achieving intimacy within grandeur, the orchestration of light as both functional illumination and atmospheric poetry, the implied narrative of arrival, threshold crossing, and welcomed refuge, the affective register hovering between serene contemplation and gentle anticipation, a quality of hushed expectancy as day transitions toward evening's embrace, the viewer positioned as approaching guest, granted privileged overview perspective that simultaneously reveals organizational clarity and preserves mysterious invitation, the twilight moment captured suggesting transformation, liminality, the threshold between public day and private night, activity and rest, journey and arrival.

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.