Amanyangyun hotel is designed to celebrate Chinese culture says Tanuj Goenka, director of Kerry Hill Architects, in this movie produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD awards.
Part of the Aman Resorts collection of hotels, Amanyangyun was named Hotel of the Year at the AHEAD Asia Awards 2019, which celebrated the best in hotel and resort design across the continent.
The project was the big winner of the night, also winning the Guestrooms, Hotel Conversion and Visual Identity categories.
Amanyangyun won Hotel of the Year at the AHEAD Asia 2019 awards
The resort was designed by Kerry Hill Architects as part of a restoration of a 2,000-year-old forest. The project also involved the preservation of several antique buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties that were salvaged from their original site in Jiangxi province, to avoid demolition to make way for a new dam. In total, 10,000 Camphor trees and 50 historic buildings were transported 600 kilometres to a site on the outskirts of Shanghai.
"It was a mammoth task," Goenka said.
Kerry Hill Architects restored 50 antique houses from the Ming and Qing dynasties
The antique structures were carefully dismantled and rebuilt on the new site to supply the main structures of the hotel.
"The antique houses as well as the Camphor trees had to be woven into the masterplan," Goenka added.
The restored buildings comprise the hotel's 24 guest rooms, 43 villas and public spaces.
The antique houses were transported 600 kilometre...