2024-11-13T22:21:32-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150304266/b-ro-ole-scheeren-s-new-sanya-horizons-resort-offers-itself-as-a-tropical-oasis-on-the-coast Josh Niland 2022-03-25T17:38:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/73/73416167d49386c1bb986428d467240f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>One of South China&rsquo;s most coveted vacation destinations is about to get a spur thanks to a new design from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/106304/b-ro-ole-scheeren" target="_blank">B&uuml;ro Ole Scheeren</a>.</p> <p>Billed as an enhancement of the natural surroundings on <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1952576/hainan-island" target="_blank">Hainan Island</a>, Sanya Horizons will stand 160 meters (525 feet) above the resort-dotted tropical coastline to offer itself as what the firm says is a &ldquo;unique ecological leisure destination&rdquo; on a massive 83,500-square-meter (898,786-square-foot) beachfront plot.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b9/b98fecc2b4ff91efce0fb325a9c29a41.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b9/b98fecc2b4ff91efce0fb325a9c29a41.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; B&uuml;ro Ole Scheeren</figcaption></figure><p>The project will combine two hotels &mdash; the Regent Sanya Bay and Hotel Indigo Sanya Bay &mdash; into one development, with each arranged in a stack that frees up much of the space surrounding the structure for an even more enhancing program of natural gardens and swimming areas. The combination of the massing also creates a unique and memorable curvilinear form that is both more structurally and ecologically efficient. Scheeren described the cumulative effect as &ldquo;the merging of architecture and nature into a space of synergetic ha...</p>