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Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled plans for the Guizhou Mountain Forest Hotel, a 31,200 square meter (336,000 square foot) resort hotel located in the 10 Thousand Peaks Area of the province of Guizhou, China. Nestled in the Wanfeng Valley, the hotel design draws from the region’s dramatic landscape, recently named one of the New York Times’ top destinations of 2016.
Guizhou Province, China. Image © Flickr user humphrey75. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The underlying concept for the project comes from the unique ecosystem and relationship between man and nature in the 10 Thousand Peaks area, known for its natural mountain formations and traditional terrace farming techniques. Stefano Boeri Architetti’s hotel vision uses this language in “reconstructing” a formerly existing hill, flattened many years ago, and reintroducing vegetation throughout the building facade.
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Inside the building, 250 hotel units will be provided for visitors, along with amenities including a gym, lounge, vip area, bar, restaurant and conference room. Interiors will be designed in collaboration with local artist Simon Ma.
“Symbiosis is the goal. Sustainability not only depends on energy conservation, but on a wider biodiversity. The symbiosis between man, architecture and nature is the real sustainability,” explain the architects.
This project, along with their ongoing “Tower of Cedars” in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a continuation of Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Vertical Forest research that began with Bosco Verticale in Milan, which was named CTBUH’s Best Tall Building Worldwide in 2015.
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- Architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti
- Location: Xingyi, Qianxinan, Guizhou, China
- Partners: Stefano Boeri, Michele Brunello, Yibo Xu
- Project Leader: Pietro Chiodi
- Leading Team Architect: Hana Narvaez
- Design Team: Marco Giorgio, Marco Bernardini, Zhan Xu, Shilong Tan, Yinxin Bao, Roger Park, Palace Gong
- Client: Guizhou Wanfenggu Ecological Tourism Development Co., Ltd
- Type: Hotel Design
- Area: 31200.0 m2
- Photographs: Stefano Boeri Architetti, Flickr user humphrey75. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Sig Nordal 