Homestay

Explore 8 award-winning designs tagged Homestay on Magazine of Design.

Designer / Brand: Wenlai Zou Work: Homestay Tag: Interior

Koazy

Koazy is a homestay interior located in Chengdu, China. The space covers about 100 square meters and serves two purposes. Koazy works as a residence for guests and as a small exhibition hall when the rooms are not occupied. The layout is kept as open as possible, while privacy is preserved. Decoration is light and only functional furniture is retained, so the home products on display act as the main interior elements. The main materials are wood, artistic coatings and metal. The intent is a comfortable and practical stay.

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Designer / Brand: Chao Zhou Work: Homestay Tag: Architecture

The Peach Garden

In this project, the designer shows enough respect for the old house during the reconstruction. The addition part adopts the form of wood structure, which not only makes the connection between new and old buildings appear natural, but also makes the new part have a light feeling, as well as continuous space. At the foot of the mountains and the Great Wall, the transparent interface is impressive, especially when architecture and nature blend each other.

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Designer / Brand: Xiaobing Yao Work: Homestay Tag: Architecture

RGB Hotel

RGB Hotel is a hotel building in Kangding, covering 15000 square meters. The design improves the basic functions while making the architecture more open and public, so that more people can be served. The new building is blended with the surrounding environment and the local traditional culture. Main materials include art paint, wood floor tiles, tung oil bark, steel structure and natural wood. The roof is made of local bark soaked in tung oil and is combined with modern white walls. Each guest room has an independent bubble pool supplied with flowing hot spring water.

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Designer / Brand: Xi Lang Work: Homestay Tag: Architecture

Greenbay

Greenbay is a homestay built in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, China. The building stands among terraced tea fields, with views of the tea landscape to the south and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway to the north. The plan resembles a hexagonal snowflake and holds three areas: a public area, thirteen guest rooms and a logistics zone. A triangular outdoor atrium forms the central hub of the building. The interior uses wood with white and grey tones. Large transparent surfaces open the rooms to the tea fields and reduce the impact on the local ecology.

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Designer / Brand: Peng Zhang Work: Homestay Tag: Interior

Half of the Mountain

Half of the Mountain is a homestay interior located in the Maoshan scenic area of Jintan, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. The design covers nearly 5000 square meters of building and interior space, set within a forest on a tea mountain. Traditional materials from the surroundings are used, including rammed earth, clay plaster, gravel, raw stone, timber, local bamboo, clay fired green tiles and black bricks. Guests can join tea picking, tea making and packaging activities. The intent is to present the local landscape, Taoist culture and craft traditions.

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Designer / Brand: Vu Hoang Kha Work: Homestay Tag: Architecture

Nha Nhim

Nha Nhim is a homestay building in Da Lat, Viet Nam. The narrow site is about 8 metres wide and much longer, with uneven terrain and weak soil. All elements are lifted to widen the living space and to open views toward the valley. Waste materials from the area are collected and reused throughout the building. Bark, branches and test concrete blocks are given a new life, and offcuts from local textile factories are recycled into different parts. A large sloping roof blocks cold night wind and lets cool breezes pass during the day.

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Designer / Brand: Xia Song Work: Homestay Tag: Interior

Phoenix Nest

Phoenix Nest is a homestay located in the tourist resort town of Fuxian Lake in Yunnan. The interior also serves as an experience hall for hand-made copper household products. The color scheme is based on black, white and gray, supported by wood tones and plant green, so that the copper objects stand out. The kitchen is open in plan and combines a concrete counter, solid wood boards, colored glass bowls and ceramic pots. A long western-style table is used for shared dining. White gauze curtains soften the sunlight and protect privacy in each room.

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Designer / Brand: Fang Ming Lo Work: Homestay Tag: Interior

Delightful Stay

Delightful is a guesthouse interior located at a traffic junction within a community in Taiwan. The building is an old house of almost half a century, affected by sinking floors and unsafe pipes and wires, so the renovation started with structural and foundation work. The wall was lowered and French windows were added to keep the lobby and the garden open, and a slope was placed at the entrance for seniors. Each guestroom has its own living room, bathroom and bedroom. The semi-open garden invites neighbors to rest and meet others.

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