New Century Magic
Hotel for X+Living
The project is located in a resort park in Huzhou, China. It is committed to creating a "hotel-paradise" vacation mode. Based on this design concept, Magic Hotel was build. Combining the characteristics of consumers, Magic Hotel not only meets the needs of children, inspires the entertainment and playfulness of children, but also takes into account the needs of business people, and arouses the inner childlike innocence of adults.
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Unique Properties
The design of the whole project has a distinct differentiation from the lobby to the corridor to the rooms. The public area is interesting with rich designs, the color is light and lively. The room pays more attention to create a quiet rest atmosphere.
Tags
Li Xiang, hotel, interior design, xliving, China
Production Technology
We use a simple game that contains the common memories of adults and children to connect parent-child interactions. At the same time, the tubular shaped device can conceal some cables, making the lobby look neat and tidy.
Design Challenge
The challenge is that although the project itself is a parent-child theme hotel, it occasionally welcomes business people during the off-season. Therefore, the space needs to meet the needs and experience of these two different groups. Therefore, we did not bother about the hard decoration part in the guest room, but adopted an overall clean, fresh and warm design style. Just decorate the space with some childlike and colorful furniture, so that simply moving the furniture can shape the space into a space suitable for business people.
Project Duration
The project finished in June 2019 in Zhejiang,China.
Operation Flow
The tubular device has different openings at different heights, allowing people of different ages to participate. Taking into account the characteristics of different groups of people, we have set up different travel lines for adults and children. Parents can go upstairs through elevators, and children can go up and down through small tree houses and big slides. This satisfies their inherently active nature.
Research
The design of parent-child theme hotels often pays too much attention to the entertainment facilities in the guest room, but not the public area. We hope to promote a concept that allows public area to carry more social attributes and entertainment, while the guest rooms are not so noisy, and suitable for rest. In addition, according to the needs of hotel owner, we also considered the differentiated needs of different groups of people, and tried to find a balance to meet their needs.
Inspiration
Inspired by the loudspeaker game that Chinese kids usually play, we've created an interesting hotel lobby with a simple concept. We hope that the public area of the hotel will be entertaining and meet the needs of both adults and kids, so that more parents and children can have intimate interaction here.
Image Credits
Image#1: Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019. Image#2: Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019. Image#3: Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019. Image#4: Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019. Image#5: Photographer Shao Feng, New Century Magic Hotel, 2019.
Project Overview
New Century Magic Hotel has been a Silver winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Silver Recognition
Li Xiang was recognized with the coveted Silver A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work New Century Magic Hotel.
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