Qingli North Hotel is the third phase of Qingli Hotel, it is located at the Dishui Village of Weizhou Island. The client himself also a designer and we completed our first project in 2016, then second phase in 2019 and third phase North Hotel in 2021. North Hotel has largest site area, since it is located at the north of first hotel, we named it North Hotel accordingly.

▼南院和北院位置，location of the different phases of the hotel © 白羽

The site area of the hotel is 1200㎡ and It is at an isolated location at the village. Weizhou Island is one of popular tourist spots at south China, many hotels are newly built to accommodate the increasing visitors. At same time, the homogeneous design and noisy night life area weaken the identity of the island. How we face the design challenges? The population of the island is about 16000, since the young people move out to work, many houses become empty for renovations into hotels.

There are mainly two kinds of hotels: one is owned by local residents and second one is from outside investors. They are having different pricing and standards. Local residents renovate the empty rooms at their homes, to be rent with low prices for backpackers. The outside investors have better budget to create hotel brands and innovative design qualities.

▼院子鸟瞰，courtyard aerial view © 白羽