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MyLINES HOTEL
Mylines Hotel / LYCS Architecture
Hotel
Mylines Hotel is an interior renovation
project situated in the vicinity of West Lake in
Hangzhou, China. The design aims to provide
unique spatial experiences for a specific group with LyCS Architecture to take on the
challenge of redefining love hotels.
of people, i.e. couples and lovers seeking for
an extraordinary love experience. Usually,
in China, the love hotels lack the touch of
genuine design from the professionals.
Consequently, they are often flashy and
amorous. In light of the status quo, Chun Shui
Tang, the largest e-commerce enterprise of
sex toys in China, has chosen to collaborate consists of 33 rooms, measuring 2200sqm
building area. Each room is not only designed
to arouse excitement, but also to offer an
indispensable experience of relaxation,
romance, emotional relief and passion. By
studying primal human desires, LYCS has
thematized and designed the rooms into
the following five categories: narcissism,
Situated on a site of 9000sqm, the hotel
long-cherished lust, exposure, fantasy and
romance. By manipulating the interior and
exterior interfaces, scale of the rooms,
the floor plans, acoustics and controlled
illumination, various types of environments
are created to stimulate, trigger and magnify
the guests’ inner desires.
In the rooms themed “Narcissism”, mirrors
become an instrumental element for creating
the atmosphere. From the ceiling of the aisles
to the surface of the curtains, mirrors aroused