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The Xiyuan Hotel project is located within the Jinhai Lake International Resort, fifteen kilometers from the Pinggu district town in Beijing. It is a high-end resort designed by Jialan Architecture for Shanshui Wenyuan Group. The hotel peninsula is adjacent to the lake's central island and faces the Huguang Tower, the central building of the scenic area. The site, surrounded by mountains and water, was formerly an abandoned resort estate; after expansion and renovation, it has been redefined as a wild-luxury high-end resort destination. Before renovation, the building layout was scattered and mutually isolated. After Jialan took over, the first step was to clarify the design logic. Based on the peninsula's setting—surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains—the designers amplified the wild quality and integrated it into the experience, striving to create comfortable and playful immersive interaction with nature and plants while achieving a 360-degree viewing effect overall. To preserve broad views while breaking the monotony of the original environment, the designers inserted open rectangular terraces of varying heights between the originally scattered buildings, extending outward and upward. These terraces both fulfill functional needs and give the building cluster a new structural organization. At the position with the broadest peninsula views, the designers created a landmark building that combines function and visual experience: the viewing restaurant and sky observation deck. This new structure sits on the half-slope between the lake shore and the hotel residential zone, forming a resting place between recreation and living.