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Taibai Wushanju Art Hotel

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Facade and the Public Area - Xiao Tan & IAPA
Facade of the Hotel - Xiao Tan & IAPA
The Courtyard to Reception - Xiao Tan & IAPA
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Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Hotel
5.69
6.92
7.62
5.77
6.5
Nathan Watts
Nathan Watts Creative Director at Interstore
Wushanju exudes a feeling of calm a...
6
7
8
7
7
Tobias Geisler
Tobias Geisler Cofounder at VAVE Studio
I like the concept of creating scen...
5
4
6
5
5
Doris Sung
Doris Sung Principal/Director of Undergraduate Programs at DOSU Studio Architecture/USC School of Architecture
The understanding of shadow in the...
5
7
8
5
6.25
Lorcan O'Herlihy
Lorcan O'Herlihy Founder, Design Principal at Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
6
8
8
7
7.25
Julio Kowalenko
Julio Kowalenko Cofounder at Atelier Caracas
Beautiful and elegant project! It...
5
8
8
6
6.75
Simon Goff
Simon Goff Founder and Director at Floor_Story
6
8
7
5
6.5
Ting Yu
Ting Yu Chief Architect at Wutopia Lab
5
6
5
5
5.25
Janne van Berlo
Janne van Berlo Founder at Atelier van Berlo
6
7
7
5
6.25
Frank Lee
Frank Lee Founder and President at Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology
5
6
8
6
6.25
Nic Granleese
Nic Granleese CEO and Cofounder at BowerBird
7
7
7
5
6.5
Akanksha Deo Sharma
Akanksha Deo Sharma Designer at Ikea
Beautiful play of shadow and light....
6
7
8
7
7
Victoria Yakusha
Victoria Yakusha Founder and chief architect at Yakusha Studio & FAINA Collection of live design
7
8
10
7
8
Jeff Yrazabal
Jeff Yrazabal President at SRG Partnership
Simple and stunning- the framed vie...
5
7
9
5
6.5
Designer
Client
Zoina Land
Floor area
14500 ㎡
Completion
2020
Principle Architect
Xiaobin Lv
Photographer
Xiaobin Lv
Photographer

The Xi'an - Taibai Wushanju Art Hotel is close to the ancient city of Xi'an and is located at the foot of Taibai Mountain, which is the main peak of the Qinling. It is a complex that consist of resort hotels, open spaces for leisure and cultural exhibitions. This complex stretches 73 meters from east to west and 120 meters from north to south. It is a symbolic building that spans over a historical river, evoking the urban planning ideas of the Lifang system from the Tang and Song dynasties. Each individual building was inspired by these ideas, then re-interpreted and refined by design. There is a Chinese saying "Reach for the moon, advance as if there is no mountain". Inspired by this saying, Xi'an - Wushanju Art Hotel is a project with architectural ideals. The ideal is to create a sentimental design work that integrates aesthetics, poetry, humanities, and life philosophy. This ideal is to find a peaceful place under the foot of Taibai Mountain, to return to a peaceful life style, to balance art and life in an oriental fashion, and find a way to co-exist with more and less, light and heavy, black and white. The design introduced a 36 diameter circular Taibai Court which acts as the main body that connects the building, corridor and the courtyard. The framed open space of the Taibai Court provides a perfect place for scenic lookouts to enjoy the mountain view and serenity from a distance. The material choice of colour, texture and patterns gives the building a strong sense of modernity and novelty, and a unique historical charm. Xi'an - Wushanju Art Hotel will bring new inspiration to life in this era!