泸沽湖位于云南，湖区人烟稀少，湖面宽广，湖水清澈，旁边有石山环绕。自然元素让到访的游客仿佛穿越时光，回到过去，体验人与自然之间深刻的联系。

Luguhu is a minority-driven realm in Yunnan, characterized by the big lake with clear water and a rocky mountain next to it. These three elements, take the visitor back in time to experience the deepest relationship between mankind and nature.

▼酒店远眺，overview of the hotel © Jorge Gonzalez (Atelierba)

项目选址正是基于对自然元素的深思熟虑。从最开始，建筑师便与当地村民达成了共识，要保证湖区的宁静，不让建筑工程打扰到神圣的山体。因此，项目选址远离湖岸。场地北部，一条窄路从稻草田中穿过，直指山体，将游客们引入酒店，场地南部则是由小水渠和季节性植物组成的景观。

The location was chosen taking into consideration all of beforehand mentioned. There was an initial agreement of not looking for a place by the lake shore in order to seek for calmness. The holy mountain should become the anchor point and villagers cannot be overwhelmed by any architecture intention. A rectilinear-narrow road pointing the mountain cuts the straw fields and drives travelers to the site by its northern side while the south is defined by a small water canal and seasonal vegetation.

▼俯瞰，可见北部的道路和南部的景观，overlook, the road by the northern side and the main landscape by the southern side © Jorge Gonzalez (Atelierba)

▼场地南部的水渠和季节性植物，the small water canal and seasonal vegetation by the southern side © Jorge Gonzalez (Atelierba)