The all-white rooms of the Annso Hill Hotel in Tengchong City, western China, are covered with a traditional tiled roof, which is broken by a zigzagging entrance.
Studio QI designed the hotel, which is located on a street lined with bed and breakfasts and small shops, to respond to a sloped site that leads up to a dramatic green landscape surrounded by forests. The building follows the slope and is covered by a tradition tiled roof, cut into at its base by a zigzagging entrance.

The roof tiles that form the front of the hotel step 30 metres down the hillside to almost touch the pavement in front.
As they step upwards, these roof sections break away to reveal sections of white wall and glazing, alongside a staircase that leads directly up the hillside.
"This geometry adds a new trajectory that is perpendicular to the linear street connecting the town both visually and spatially with the 'hidden' hill via a sequence of living conditions," explained the architecture studio.
"It is a play of ambiguity between roofs and walls, facade and ground, elevation and plan; it becomes a design of an 'architectural field' rather than an 'architectural room'."

As well as spaces for guests, the hotel has been designed to house a series of spaces that are open to the public, such as a cafe, bar, gallery and yoga area.
"Our approach provides an open space for the public realm that is extremely rare in Heshun, as the public are drawn to any and all creative activiti...