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n During development, Naked worked closely with the local government – a move which proved crucial
a selected additional complimentary treatment when one treatment is booked. “It’s important that we present
something new and interesting besides standard treatments,” Yip-Horsfield comments. “When our guests go back home, they have a story to tell to friends and relatives. Our spa director, Lisa Lam from Vietnam, puts together a new treatment every season, from a black sesame scrub for the winter to green tea therapy in the spring. She has also recently introduced one of the first detox programmes in China, ranging from three to five days, with complete healthy meal plans, exercise routines and spa therapies.” Sustainability, another cornerstone of
the Naked philosophy, has been applied to ground-up construction of the resort, including the spa. Yip-Horsfield, who led the design, employed cutting-edge techniques to realise their goal that Naked Stables qualify as China’s first LEED Platinum Certified resort. Indeed, it’s already been recognised as Asia’s Leading Green Resort at the 2012 World Travel Awards. Stabilised, insulated, rammed earth walls (SIRE), used for the main spa
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building and one-bedroom Earth Huts, have allowed local earth from the site to be recycled. Reclaimed wood features strongly in the spa huts while energy- saving technologies across the resort include heat recovery units, a closed loop water system, bamboo pellet boilers for heating and carbonised bamboo flooring.
Using SIP (structurally insulated
panels), the resort’s Tree Top Villas have been designed as prefab kit houses made of recycled plywood and Styrofoam. Complementing the local vernacular building styles, interiors draw on raw materials designed with an African lodge aesthetic, in a nod to Horsfield’s roots.
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