Linden Center Shilong Village, Xiaxi Building, China Development, Chinese Architecture Images
Linden Center at Shilong Village, Xiaxi
New Building in China – design by Anderson Anderson Architecture
15 Jun 2018
Linden Center at Shilong Village – Xiaxi Building
Design: Anderson Anderson Architecture
Location: Shilong Village, Xiaxi, China
Linden Center at Shilong Village, Xiaxi, China
Site strategy Public area: The courtyard is surrounded by a covered outdoor walkway/lobby space that is a continuous space with the bridge/exhibition/viewing/hotel entry lobby space.

This is important in creating a strong indoor/outdoor relationship, creating a variety of different shade/sunlight/view/program opportunities in this flexible space that works as the ?lobby? and ?living room? heart of the complex, carved out of the clearing in the forest, and establishing different views and micro climates and activity zones on different sides and positions of the building.
The main entry bridge is developed as a covered observation/exhibition space, but without sidewalls, so that it is open air. This is an important ?lobby? and view space that is a central image of the hotel and frames the hotel entry as well as framing the major pathway between Shilong and Shaxi. Private area: The hotel rooms are laid out not so much as rooms but as little ?cottages? so that they can be phased in with additional units as needed.
The strategy by Anderson Anderson Architecture has been to carefully ...