2023 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Ruralation Museum Hotel

Entrant Company

Toryo International Lighting Design Center

Category

Lighting Design - Architectural Lighting

Client's Name

Nanjing Tangshan Construction Investment Development Co.Ltd.

Country / Region

China

The hotel is located in the Homo Erectus Fossil Site Park at a now unused quarry, which is to the

southwest of the park museum. The naked rock is the color of white cement made with volcanic

ash. These tones set the mood for the architectural concept.

Light leads guests up from the foot of the mountain, and some is purposely allowed to diffuse

onto the vegetation below. The sprawling plant cover of the mountain gives the space a wild

intrigue, perfectly accented with the bits of light flickering like fireflies in the wind. Within the

lush mountain landscape and under the obscure moonlight, the lights from rooms radiate warmly

and naturally onto the patios with olive trees.

Having abandoned the conventional idea of an overall image for the hotel, we set off the entire

exterior of the building with the darkness of its surroundings, allowing it to blend in with the

natural environment. The pure color of the light creates three axes in the architectural space to

guide the viewer's visual experience with dim light. By connecting people, the building, and

nature, we have made a place to experience a sense of spatial ceremony. For the interior, we

alternate between traditional low-warmth bulbs and LED lights, keeping the narrative diverse and

helping to create memories in a rich immersive experience. Purity, mystery, and romanticism

have offered a feeling of barrenness of the future, inspiring people to explore and experience.

Here, the spiritual microcosm of spatial aesthetic on the mountain blooms at night.

The lighting at the Ruralation Museum Hotel is comparable to a life drawing of light. Light is

needed for life, and the moon is needed for romance. Here, the sky is red with mist at dawn and

dusk, and the sun shines brightly during the day, so even when you're at the Yunxi (which means

“clouds and dusk”), you can still enjoy beautiful sunshine. With the accompaniment of elegant

music, a stay at the hotel is certain to be a romantic encounter.

Credits

Chief Lighting Designer
Dongliang Xu
Lighting Designer
Nailiang Shi
Lighting Designer
Guoqiang Zhang
Lighting Designer
Zichen Tao
Lighting Designer
Jingjing Zheng
Lighting Designer
Ye Yuan
Lighting Designer
Li Yuan
Architectural Design
AZL Architects
Photographer
Hongyi Lou
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