DongFengYun Hotel Mi’Le — MGallery / Luoxu + CCD

Text description provided by the architects. The hotel is located in Dongfengyun Art Town, Mile, Yunnan Province. The architecture, designed by the famous artist Luo Xu based on the design concept of “austerity, simplicity and originality”, reveals a round, stable and simple image. The building appears to bear the traces of time and appears to have been kneaded by a pair of large, rough hands. Quietly resting on red soil, he shows great posture. As interior design approaches, CCD has not adopted “modern” or “industrial” design expressions. Instead, the team drew inspiration from the local cultural context, and made use of simplified languages ​​to integrate space into nature.

chase natural light. The bowl-shaped entrance space has a carved opening at the top, adding cheerfulness and joy reverberation. with Natural daylight flowing in, dynamic light and shadows moving freely in the space and falling on the curved container wall, which looks like a undulating water surface and evokes an endless imagination. Varying rhythms of light and shadows Combined with amazing sensory experiences and subtle details, it creates a sense of ritual to welcome guests.

lighting design. Considering the characteristic of the project as a leisure resort hotel, the design team mainly used Low level lighting, aiming to produce a luminous, natural and warm ambiance. In contrast, artwork, signage, and tablet lighting is accentuated to create visual highlights. Based on the principle of “less is more”, direct ceiling lighting is reduced to avoid glare.

The bowl-like entrance space and modern lighting fixtures incorporate more local cultural elements to highlight the hotel’s unique features. Lighting and daylight collide with natural materials such as red brick, rock earth, and decorative straw paint, highlighting each other’s presence. Wall-washing light strips installed near the floor create a soft, graceful and ethereal ambiance, perfectly interacting with the space. The frameless black mirrored lighting fixtures are installed in a concealed fashion, creating a visual feast in which lighting, shadows, materials and space blend well together.

artistic atmosphere. The lobby continues to use natural design languages, at the same time showing full respect for the architectural structures and local culture. Ordinary materials such as local burnt red brick, cement, clay and Pottery was adopted, so as to unify the tone of the interior space and integrate it with the building in a whole. CCD abandoned complex and exaggerated decorations, aiming to allow each object in the space to gradually reveal its authentic charm over time.

A back wall made of cement, round pillars, terracotta-shaped lamps, and geometric front desks show strong, steady, three-dimensional features resembling a sculpture. These elements are independent and complement each other as well. Natural and simple atmosphere fills the overall space. Through different forms, the design realizes the symbiosis of natural elements and architectural space.

Calm waterscape. The lobby is decorated with no excessive flowers or plants but is highlighted by an undulating shallow pool in the middle, which is serene but interesting. Architecture and plants are reflected on the surface of the water, expanding the space in the atmosphere and providing a natural, relaxing and refreshing experience. Upon entering the courtyard, guests can instantly relax and feel indescribable pleasure.

Spiritual retreat. Greece is popular A tourist destination to heal the mind, as time seems to stop here. The walls of the restaurant use local red clay bricks and adopt the shape of a grape trellis, which not only combines modern innovations with ancient textures, but also creates endless possibilities in a variety of ways. CCD ditched the cookie cutter and complex expressions and added liveliness and fashion to the space. Meanwhile, distinctive local pottery is used as decoration to enhance the sense of history in the space.

The names and designs of all guest rooms honor local artists such as painting, pottery, dyeing, and composition, as well as treasures such as jade and pearls. Each detail retains a trace of local handicrafts and secretly tells its own story. With the fusion of “warm ambiance” and “original simplicity” in the space, the design fully embodies the hotel’s aesthetic philosophy – “Art Dialogues with everything, inspiration that depicts life.”