Luxeh Hotel

Luxeh Hotel
by Ruidong Weng

• Awarded April 15, 2021
• CLIENT: VBD Design Group
• 7.076

Luxeh is a hotel interior located in the West Lake scenic area of Hangzhou, China. The design preserves the original architecture and the building elevation, as required for the protected site. Interior space and outdoor space are treated as two separate systems, so modern resort and commercial functions are placed within a building of historic style. Decayed wooden parts of the elevation are treated with a baking method used since the Song dynasty, which carbonizes the surface and keeps the material intact.