Hotel Carved into Rock: Rooms Dug Out of Stone

A hotel is carved into an entire sandstone cliff. From the outside, only a row of regular square openings and recessed terraces are visible on the cliff face; the rest is completely hidden within the mountain. The edges of the openings retain carving marks, a mix of mechanical cutting and manual finishing, creating a subtle textural difference from the surrounding naturally weathered rock face. Each opening is deeply recessed by 3 meters, providing shade all day. The rock color is layered ochre and orange-yellow, with horizontal sedimentary textures continuously passing through the building's openings. A pathway runs along the base of the cliff. Avoid: adding volumes in front of the cliff, making openings into glass curtain walls, re-leveling the rock face, adding railings and modern external facilities.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座旅館被鑿進一整片砂岩峭壁裡,從外面看只有峭壁面上一排規則的方形開口與凹入的露台,其餘完全隱藏在山體之內。開口的邊緣保留鑿刻的痕跡,是機械切割與手工修整的混合,與周圍自然風化的岩面形成細微的質感差異。每個開口深凹 3 公尺,形成全天的陰影。岩石的顏色是層層的赭紅與橘黃,水平的沉積紋理連續穿過建築的開口。底部有一道沿岩壁的步道。避免:在峭壁前加建量體、開口做成玻璃帷幕、岩面重新整平、加入欄杆與現代的外部設施。