Designed by Department of Architecture, The MIST Hot Spring Hotel is located near Xuchang city in Henan province. This region of China has been considered the nation?s most famous hot spring destination for over a thousand year. 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 the blurring landscape through master layout design. The building masses, the passageways and 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 water surface not only creates dreamy ambience but also provides a certain level of privacy for guests relaxing in private hot spring pools from other guests? view. Photography: W Workspace
In central China, a combination of white snow, somber sky, and leafless trees result 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 1900s when the artist hand-painted transparent layers of colors onto black and white films, frame by frame.  The result was surreally colo...