Chinese liquor themed boutique hotel in Yan an, China by Zhijian Workshop

Read more: Zhijian Workshop: A sensorial journey through the making of traditional Chinese liquor. For this renovation project, the client wanted the new design to focus on the topic of traditional Chinese liquor. In China, alcohol is made from cereal seeds, following a traditional liquormaking process that has been used over centuries. After a careful study of this process, we created a specific architectural scenography that gives people a singular sensory experience of the making of traditional Chinese liquor. While reorganizing the function of the building and the refurbishment of interior and exterior spaces, we created a system that naturally links the different spaces through an artistic itinerary and guides the guests through the discovery of the different stages of liquor , architect , architecture , amazingarchitecture