Collaboration was essential to the design of the hospitality spaces at The Opposite House, a boutique hotel in Beijing’s Sanlitun area. It started with the project’s designers, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, who co-founded the Shanghai-based Neri&Hu Design and Research Office (NHDRO) in 2004. It continued with NHDRO’s relationship with Kengo Kuma, the hotel’s architect. According to Neri, the respect he and Hu have for Kuma’s architecture made working with him easy. “We explore many similar things: the notion of layering, tectonics and materiality, and spatial experience as opposed to decoration.”
Another significant collaboration at The Opposite House was that between designers and client. Swire Properties had initially commissioned three different firms for the basement-level hospitality spaces, but apparently wasn’t pleased with the work. Pressed for time, Swire gave all of the projects to NHDRO. The program included Sureño Mediterranean Restaurant, Bei Asian Restaurant, Punk Bar, five private dining rooms, the multipurpose “Green Room,” an open-air sunken garden, a public corridor, and toilets.
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