Against the mountain. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang
04/02/2016.
[Yangjia] China
metalocus, CLAUDIA CENDOYA
metalocus, CLAUDIA CENDOYA
The new Yun Lu hotel [Cloud House] is located in a small town near Yangshuo. The landscape of the area is determined by the mountain range that serves as a dramatic backdrop to the Li River valley. The mountain resort is the result of rehabilitating of five historic farms of the town, plus the construction of a new building, which houses a restaurant and a meeting room.
Aerial view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Exterior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Exterior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Exterior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Restaurant. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Restaurant. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Restaurant. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Interior. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Room. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Room. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Room. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photograph © Su Shengliang.
Ground floor plan. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
First floor plan. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Elevation and general section. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
General sections. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Design model. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Design model. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Design model. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Night view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photography © Su Shengliang
Night view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photography © Su Shengliang
Night view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photography © Su Shengliang
Night view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photography © Su Shengliang
Night view. Yun Lu hotel by Atelier Liu Yuyang. Photography © Su Shengliang
The generating point of the project, by Atelier Liu Yuyang, is the contrast between the new and the old in a way that the confrontation does not imply the detriment of the relationship between the hotel complex and the near village. Thus, in the rehabilitated buildings some original features (wooden structure, sloping roofs) blend with new construction aspects, such as black steel-framed windows or glass doors.
Description of the project by Atelier Liu Yuyang
The Yun Lu (Cloud House) is a boutique eco-resort nestled within a village between Guilin and Yangshuo and situated along the dramatic landscape of the Li River. The site consists of five renovated historical farm houses and one new addition which functions as a restaurant and the main gathering space for hotel guests.
Taking on a sensitive approach to the local culture with villagers still living nearby, the overall planning and landscape design worked into the original village structure.
The rammed earthed buildings were retrofitted to accommodate refreshing and uncompromisingly contemporary living, while the new restaurant addition adopts an understated presence with the use of steel frame, glass pivot doors and windows, rough-cut stone blocks, charcoal treated wooden louvres and terra-cotta roof tiles.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architecture.- Atelier Liu Yuyang.
Landscape & interiors.- ARES Partners.
Photography.- Su Shengliang.
Location.- Yangjia, Xingping, Guangxi, China.
Dates.- 2012-2014.
Surface.- 3.000 sqm.
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Liu Yuyang, Cao Feile, Wu Congbao. Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
Liu Yuyang was born in Taiwan and educated in the United States. Mr. Liu Yuyang received his Master in Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and his B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning from the University of California, San Diego. While at Harvard, Mr. Liu researched with Rem Koolhaas and co-authored the “Great Leap Forward”, a seminal work on the urbanization of China’s Pearl River Delta.
Having held a number of professional and academic positions in the US, Hong Kong and Shanghai since 1997, Mr. Liu leads the Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects in its full design and management responsibilities, and serves as a member of the Shanghai Architectural Society Academic Committee, an advisory architect for the Shanghai Qingpu District Land and Planning Bureau, and a mentor of the Domus Young Bird Plan—a non-profit initiate to help students and young professionals of the global Chinese design community.
Besides teaching and lecturing widely in China and internationally, Mr. Liu had been involved extensively in curatorial works, most notably the 2007 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-annual Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism, the 2010 Chengdu International Architectural Biennale, and the 2012 Mock-up Architectural Exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art.
