PINE GREEN HOTEL

Songgeli Boutique Hotel is a low-cost upgrade of an existing budget hotel in Xiuyan County, Anshan, Liaoning, demonstrating how a city express hotel can be repositioned as a boutique property through integrated architectural, landscape, interior and soft-fitout design. The original Bangji Pudi express hotel had a tired single layout that could no longer meet contemporary expectations. The strategy was to rebrand, introduce tiered room types, and merge some two-room units into larger suites to satisfy differentiated guest needs. Fangcun Shijian Studio analysed the surrounding resources and integrated underused assets: a two-storey staff building next door was joined to the lobby by a glass atrium with crossing staircases and bridges, converting it into a standalone restaurant; the internal parking court at the rear was upgraded into a leisure courtyard. The whole project follows a single colour system - main, secondary and accent tones - and unifies design elements and materials so that facade, courtyard, interior and soft furnishings speak one restrained, quiet language. Tree- and house-shaped art motifs on the entrance and selected windows create memorable accents. The redesign keeps changes to the main structure to a minimum, focuses on spatial integration, and relies on facade devices and colour renewal rather than demolition, achieving roughly thirty percent lower cost than a conventional upgrade. At 2,728 square metres of building area and 520 square metres of landscape, the project is offered as a replicable model for budget-hotel renewal.