Hotel JEN Kunming

realtime-environments 11/2024
Year
2024
Client
Shangri-La Hotel JEN
Location
Kunming, Yunnan, PRC
Technology
Unreal Engine (Blueprint setup for vegetation, lighting, camera animation)

Hotel JEN Kunming is a generative media installation by Studio A N F, delivered in 2024 for the Shangri-La Hotel JEN in Kunming, PRC. The work is a custom generative vegetation system based on the regional flora and fauna of Yunnan, built as a Blueprint setup in Unreal Engine that controls lighting, camera animation and vegetation. It is representative of the studio's Unreal Engine hospitality-installation work.

Hotel JEN Kunming — generative vegetation artwork with Yunnan flowering plants
Hotel JEN Kunming — bamboo and flowers as regional flora reference for the generative system

ANF was commissioned to create an artwork for the Shangri-La Hotel JEN in Kunming, PRC. As it is our custom, we created a custom generative vegetation system using regional flora and fauna local to the province the hotel is in.

Hotel JEN Kunming — entrance to the Shangri-La Hotel JEN Kunming
Hotel JEN Kunming — large lobby screen displaying the generative vegetation artwork
Hotel JEN Kunming — wall-mounted lobby display with the generative vegetation artwork
Hotel JEN Kunming — the generative vegetation installation in the hotel lobby
Hotel JEN Kunming — flowering tree as regional flora reference for the generative system

The project was realized with a custom Blueprint setup in Unreal Engine, which controls the lighting, camera animation and vegetation.