GS Design completes Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel
2022.02.09
Shenzen-based interiors firm GS Design has revealed the interiors for Sumei Skyline Coast Boutique Hotel, located on the coast of Sanya, Hainan.
From the outside, the property’s striking façade mimics the rise and fall of ocean waves, whereas for the interiors, each peak of the ocean wave encloses an independent frame, presenting vivid pictures of the infinite blue ocean.
The hotel lounge has been developed into an area featuring reception, seating, photography and high tea. The height differences in the shallow water area further polish the artistic vibe inspired by the winding coastline.
The pure white interiors present a strong and specific contrast with the sky, seascape and sunset, which ensures a photographic background for all scenes and settings. “We work to craft the space into a timely and sophisticated art piece with long lifespan of usage by adopting this classic colour,” explains the designers.
The blue sky, vast ocean, beach and palm are collected within the arch-shape frame to perfection, thanks to the precise aesthetic proportion. Wandering by the consecutive arch-shape windows, guests are offered a broad vision of pure white, enjoying vivid natural scene everywhere within the area.
The swimming pool visually integrates with the boundless ocean and the infinite blue sky, creating the illusion for guests of swimming freely in the vast ocean. With broad view on the roof deck of overlooking the misty green hills from afar and enjoy the vast and boundless sea in a near sight, the designers have divided the space into many aesthetic settings including viewing, seating, hot spring bathing, photography areas, establishing a Mykonos-like vibe. The shallow water works as a mirror of the sky, the stone steps and the sunken seating area express the space order, and the arch installation forms an ideal photograph spot.
GS Design deconstructed the art with simple graphic morphemes, depicted circles inside the square, and made them overlap with each other to form a loop, which ensures an in-depth vertical layered vision effect in the hot spring area. The shifting of light and shadow depicts poetry on the spatial structure; the silhouette of the waves, the afterglow of the sunset, and the ripples of the hot spring pool are all intersections of time and space.
Borrowed light frames the scene to explain the aesthetic texture and the relationship between light and shade with ease. The window brings waves and sunset to the space, while the skylight directly above the bed brings sparkling starlight and further enhances the natural vibe.
Visible doors in the transition area of the arch have been removed to highlight the free and natural structure in the entry. The designers maximised the introduction of natural light and sea level, and created a subtle perception of the scenery from various perspectives through the height difference of different furniture.
GS Design excels at exploring and expressing the abundance of minimalist art, and an arc is a scene show window in this project. All furniture and beddings in the space feature pure white colour, make the texture of the material have a dialogue between delicacy and rough. When the light and shadow penetrating the door, the structural relationship between points, lines and surfaces uniquely becomes lively and fun.
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▪ Source: SLEEPER｜https://www.sleepermagazine.com/stories/projects/gs-design-completes-sumei-skyline-coast-boutique-hotel/
▪ Image Credit: ©Ao Xiang / ©GS Design
