温泉の蒸気の中に現れるカラフルなホテル

中国中部の冬というモノクロな世界を鮮やかに彩るカラーガラスのファサード〈Mist温泉ホテル〉

CULTURE2024.09.04

中国随一の温泉地、許昌県に建つ〈Mist温泉ホテル（Mist Hot-spring Hotel）〉は、温泉プールから発生する神秘的な白い霧が包む、カラフルなファサードが特徴的なホテルです。

温泉の人気シーズンである冬の中国中部は、白い雪、灰色の空、葉のない木々が組み合わさった、モノクロームな世界となります。陰鬱な印象を与えるこの環境を、ブルーとマゼンタのガラスファサードというカラフルなフィルターにより彩ります。

バンコクに拠点を置くデザインスタジオ Department of ARCHITECTUREが設計しました。

（以下、 Department of ARCHITECTUREから提供されたプレスキットのテキストの抄訳）

〈Mist温泉ホテル〉は中国中部、河南省の許昌県に位置している。この地域は唐の時代から1000年以上にわたって、中国で最も有名な温泉地とされてきた地域であり、冬の4カ月間、中国全土から人々がその豊富な温泉を訪れる。

このプロジェクトは、河南省の新たなランドマークとなり、国内外からの旅行者を一年中惹きつけることを目指している。

霧が包む神秘的な温泉ホテル

この地域の特徴は、中国随一の地熱地下水である。温められた水を汲み上げると、水面上に穏やかな霧の余韻が漂う。このプロジェクトはデザインを通して、この神秘的な質感をより一層高めようとしている。

建物の塊、通路、水景は、温泉プールからの自然の蒸気と戦略的に統合されており、霧が全体の環境と体験を包み込む。水面すれすれに漂う白い霧は、夢のような雰囲気をつくり出すだけでなく、プライベート温泉プールでくつろぐ宿泊客に、他の宿泊客の視線から一定のプライバシーを提供する。

モノクロな世界を彩るカラフルなファサード

中国中部の冬は、白い雪、灰色の空、葉のない木々が組み合わさり、陰鬱なモノクロームの絵になる。このプロジェクトは、ゲストの体験を「彩る」ユニークな方法を生み出す試みである。

インスピレーションは、1900年代初頭にアーティストが白黒のフレームに透明なカラーレイヤーを手作業で塗り重ねた、カラー化された白黒フィルムから得た。この手法を用いると、色は対象物ではなく宙に浮いているため、不気味なほどカラフルになった。

このアイデアを建築言語に取り入れることとした。ファサードは、中国の竹の足場にヒントを得た格子の二重構造となっており、ブルーとマゼンタのガラスで満たされている。

このシステムは、ファサードに奥行きと色の複雑さを与え、内部空間に色とりどりの光をあふれさせ、バルコニーを1つの建築要素にまとめ、内部から外を眺めながら暗い空を明るく照らす。

地域の特性とゲストの体験を結びつけるインスタレーション

インテリアデザインは、温泉の湯気そのものの美しさから着想を得た。随所に霧と水にまつわる自然現象を探求した建築的なスケールのアート・インスタレーションが設置されており、すべての体験を結びつけている。

これらの視覚的にインパクトのあるインスタレーションは、装飾として加えられるのではなく、建築やインテリア空間と不可分に一体化している。

ロビーには、高温の蒸気を通過する光のスペクトルをイメージしたインスタレーションが、レストランには、銀色に輝く雲のシルエットをモチーフにしたインスタレーションが座席のゾーンを定義している。

ボールルームの天井全体には、繊細なアクリルリングのマトリックスが半透明の雲のような形を形作っている。アトリウムには、露と水滴という水の2つの状態をイメージした大型インスタレーションがあり、立体感、スケール感、重力の錯覚を刺激する。

以下、 Department of ARCHITECTUREのリリース（英文）です。

Mist Hot-spring Hotel

Information
Owner: Central China Hotel Management

Architect: Department of ARCHITECTURE Co., Ltd.
Principals: Amata Luphaiboon, Twitee Vajrabhaya Teparkum
Design Team: Chaiyapat Mirasena, Chanlika Boonpha, Waraphan Watanakaroon, Waraluk Kuiprasert, Passawee Vongcharoen, Penlada Somjaidee, Kawisara Anansaringkarn, Yada Pianpanit, Thunchanok Sirichayaporn
Coordinator: San-ming Chou

Engineers / Local Architect: KKS International China Co., Ltd.
Softscape Consultant: PELA Limited
Lighting Designer: in Contrast Design Studio Co., Ltd.
Branding / Visual Identity: artless Inc.
Main Contractor: Henan D.R. Construction Group

Project Location: Huadu Boulevard, Chenhuadian, Xuchang, Henan, China

Area: 37,140 m²
Total Construction Cost: 151 Million RMB (24 Million USD)
Completion Date: 28 March 2018

Photographer: W Workspace

Design Description (Short)

During winter in central China, a combination of white snow, gray sky, and leafless trees results in a gloomy monochromatic picture. The project is the attempt to create a unique way to “colorize” our guests’ experience. The inspiration came from the colorized B&W films in the early 1900’s when the artists hand-painted transparent color layers onto each B&W frame. The result was surreally colorful since the colors were not at the objects, but floated in the air. The idea was adopted into architectural language. The facade is doubled with a lattice structure inspired by Chinese bamboo scaffolding, filled with shades of blue and magenta glazing. This system gives depth and color complexity to the façade, floods interior spaces with colorful light, combines balconies into a single architectural element, and brightens up the gloomy sky while looking out from the inside.

Architecturally-scaled arts installations exploring natural phenomenon relating to mist and water are installed throughout the building to tie the entire experience. At the lobby, the installation is inspired by a spectrum of light passing through hot steam. In the restaurant, the installation inspired by silver-lining cloud silhouette defines zones of seating. On the entire ballroom ceiling, a matrix of delicate acrylic rings forms a semi-transparent cloud-like shape. Large installations in the atriums inspired by two states of water – dew and droplet, stimulate illusion of dimension, scale and gravity.

Design Description (Long)

The MIST Hot Spring Resort is located in Xuchang prefecture, 100 km. from Zhengzhou, a capital of China’s Henan province. This region of China has been considered the nation’s most famous hot spring destination for over a thousand year since the Tang Dynasty era. During the four months of winter, people from all over China visit its abundant hot springs. The MIST aims to be a new landmark of Henan that will attract both domestic and international travelers to the province all year round.

The best natural attribute of the site is hidden down below – it is China’s finest geothermal underground water. As the heated water is brought up, it gives off gently lingering mist floating above the water surface. The project attempts to heighten the experience of this mystic quality of blurring landscape through master layout design. The building masses, the passageways, the waterscape, are strategically integrated with natural steam from hot-spring pools and some additional mechanized fog that would surround the overall atmosphere and experience. White mist floating just above the water surface not only creates a dreamy ambience but also provides a certain level of privacy for guests relaxing in private hot spring pools from other guests’ view.

In central China, a combination of white snow, somber sky, and leafless trees results in a monochromatic picture with a rather gloomy impression for the most part of winter. The project is our attempt to create a unique way to “colorize” our guests’ experience. The inspiration came from the colorized black and white films in the early 1900’s when the artists hand-painted transparent layers of colors onto black and white films, frame by frame. The result was surreally colorful since the colors were not at the objects, but seemed afloat in the air. The idea of dyeing the space with colorized light onto a monotone surface was adopted into architectural language. The facade of the building is doubled with three dimensional lattice structure inspired by Chinese bamboo scaffolding, filled with shades of blue and magenta glazing. This system gives depth and color complexity to the façade, and combines balconies into a single architectural element. The architectural and interior surfaces are kept monochrome to receive and heighten the effect of the colored light painted upon itself through the colored glass. As sunlight shines through the facade, it floods the space with colorful light while at the same time; the colored glass brightens up the gloomy sky while looking out from the inside.

Here, color is used as a three-dimensional architectural element, not as finishing material, to create not only unique visuals but also space.

Our inspiration for interior design also came from the beauty of the hot spring steam itself. Architecturally-scaled site-specific installations exploring natural phenomenon relating to mist and water are designed and installed throughout the hotel as the main elements that tie the entire experience together. These visually impactful installations are not added as decorations, but inseparably integrated into architecture and interior space.

For the lobby and bar, an installation made of hundreds layers of clear and color crystals is inspired by a spectrum of light passing through hot steam which can be viewed differently depending on position of the viewers from the side, from the end ,or from inside the translucent volume of the installation itself. The lake landscape beyond is enchantingly seen through the sheer installation. Its interior space is kept monochrome with color accents in crystals and floor lighting sculptures, to strengthen the idea of dyeing the space with colorized light.

In the restaurant, an installation inspired by a silver-lining silhouette of steam defines seating and kitchen zones. Color-changing light at the edge of the acrylic planes gives different moods through different times of the day.

In the ballroom, a matrix of delicate acrylic rings forms a semi-transparent, irregular cloud-like shape. This ceiling installation, together with the cloud pattern on the floor carpet, gives an unusual feel of lightness to the space. Color-changing lighting rings scattered in the midst of the cloud installation creates different moods suitable to different functions held in the ballroom.

To break through the monotony of hotel corridors, guest rooms are not joined by a typical corridor, but a series of bridges floating in the atriums. Shafts of natural light come in either from the skylight or the end wall highlighting the “mist” pattern made of stainless steel tiles and black stone. Large installations in the atrium inspired by two states of water – the Dew and the Droplet, stimulate an experience of an illusive sense of scale and gravity.

The facade lighting effectively shows complexity and subtlety of the architectural design. Each colored glass panel gets illuminated sharply from the bottom whereas the solid wall behind is softly lit up as a background. The combination of these lighting approaches creates layers of visual interest and blurs the facade at night. The building becomes an architectural lantern floating above the lake, seen from afar.

The project is indeed our attempt to explore alternative approaches of architectural and interior design. Our architectural design could not be derived from analysis of complicated physical site (since it is merely a flat empty land) or complexity of the program (since the program is rather straightforward), like we always did. Architecture was largely conceptualized and inspired by another discipline of arts – the art of film. While interior design is in fact an extension of art installations in terms of its role and scale. Installations are seamlessly integrated into architecture and provide both visual impact and functions required for the spaces.

Design Description (Interior)

The MIST Hot Spring Resort is located in Xuchang prefecture, 100 km. from Zhengzhou, a capital of China’s Henan province. This region of China has been considered the nation’s most famous hot spring destination for over a thousand year since the Tang Dynasty era. During the four months of winter, people from all over China visit its abundant hot springs. The MIST aims to be a new landmark of Henan that will attract both domestic and international travelers to the province all year round.

The best natural attribute of the site is hidden down below – it is China’s finest geothermal underground water. As the heated water is brought up, it gives off gently lingering mist floating above the water surface. Our inspiration for interior design came from the beauty of the hot spring steam itself. Architecturally-scaled site-specific installations exploring natural phenomenon relating to mist and water are designed and installed throughout the hotel as the main elements that tie the entire experience together. These visually impactful installations are not added as decorations, but inseparably integrated into architecture and interior space.

For the lobby and bar, an installation made of hundreds layers of clear and color crystals is inspired by a spectrum of light passing through hot steam which can be viewed differently depending on position of the viewers from the side, from the end ,or from inside the translucent volume of the installation itself. The lake landscape beyond is enchantingly seen through the sheer installation. Its interior space is kept monochrome with color accents in crystals and floor lighting sculptures.

In the restaurant, an installation inspired by a silver-lining silhouette of steam defines seating and kitchen zones. Color-changing light at the edge of the acrylic planes gives different moods through different times of the day.

In the ballroom, a matrix of delicate acrylic rings forms a semi-transparent, irregular cloud-like shape. This ceiling installation, together with the cloud pattern on the floor carpet, gives an unusual feel of lightness to the space. Color-changing lighting rings scattered in the midst of the cloud installation creates different moods suitable to different functions held in the ballroom.

To break through the monotony of hotel corridors, guest rooms are not joined by a typical corridor, but a series of bridges floating in the atriums. Shafts of natural light come in either from the skylight or the end wall highlighting the “mist” pattern made of stainless steel tiles and black stone. Large installations in the atrium inspired by two states of water – the Dew and the Droplet, stimulate an experience of an illusive sense of scale and gravity.

All the guest rooms orientate their long side to the view and to benefit the winter sun. Its monochrome interior surface treatment originated directly from the main architectural concept.

In Central China, a combination of white snow, somber sky, and leafless trees results in a monochromatic picture with a rather gloomy impression for the most part of winter. The project is our attempt to create a unique way to “colorize” our guests’ experience. The inspiration came from the colorized black and white films in the early 1900’s when the artists hand-painted transparent layers of colors onto black and white films, frame by frame. The result was surreally colorful since the colors were not at the objects, but seemed afloat in the air. The idea of dyeing the space with colorized light onto a monotone surface was adopted into architecture and interior. The facade of the building is doubled with three dimensional lattice structure inspired by Chinese bamboo scaffolding, filled with shades of blue and magenta glazing. The architectural and interior surfaces are kept monochrome to receive and heighten the effect of the colored light painted upon itself through the colored glass. As sunlight shines through the facade, it floods the space with colorful light while at the same time; the colored glass brightens up the gloomy sky while looking out from the inside.

Here, color is used as a three-dimensional architectural element, not as finishing material, to create not only unique visuals but also space.

「Mist Hot-spring Hotel」 Department of ARCHITECTURE 公式サイト
https://departmentofarchitecture.co.th/portfolio/mist-hot-spring-hotel-exterior/

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