Lugu Lake

Lakeside Guesthouses — Sleeping & Living Spaces — Custom platform beds in reclaimed fir, their timber sourced from dismantled Mosuo village houses within the Lugu Lake basin. Each bed frame was constructed using interlocking log joinery drawn from Mosuo building tradition, adapted by Dual Jade's artisans for contemporary use. Headboards in hand-woven hemp, undyed and textured with the natural irregularity of the loom. Bedside tables in the same reclaimed fir, each with a single soft-close drawer and an open shelf — enough for a book, a cup of butter tea, a smooth stone from the shoreline. Open wardrobe systems in blackened steel, their minimal presence a quiet counterpoint to the warmth of the rammed earth walls.

Tea Pavilion Over the Water — A single timber pavilion extending over the lake on reclaimed fir pilings. Low tea tables in hand-planed fir, their surfaces subtly undulating to catch the shifting light. Floor cushions in hand-woven indigo hemp, arranged around the tables in configurations that shift with the season. Custom shelving for tea ware, built from the same reclaimed fir, with integrated warm LED lighting on a dimming curve synchronized to the natural light — brightening with dawn over the lake, softening to candlelight warmth by dusk.

Communal Dining Room & Hearth — A single long table in reclaimed fir, seating 16 guests along its length. The table was constructed from two continuous planks, book-matched to reveal the mirrored grain of a tree that grew for more than a century on the slopes above the lake. Dining chairs in blackened ash with hand-woven rush seats, their form an echo of traditional Mosuo stools — low, grounded, and without pretense. A custom sideboard in reclaimed fir holds earthenware bowls and hempen linens, its sliding doors crafted without metal tracks — wood against wood, polished smooth by hand.

Shoreline Meditation Platforms & Benches — Minimal timber benches in reclaimed fir, each bench a single plank supported by two stones collected from the lakeshore. These benches are placed at five points along the water's edge, each positioned to frame a specific moment: the mist lifting from the lake at sunrise, the reflection of Gemu Mountain at midday, the afternoon wind writing patterns on the water, the sun setting behind the Tibetan Plateau, and the moonrise over the still surface, turning the lake into a second sky.

All timber sourced as locally reclaimed fir, collected from dismantled traditional Mosuo houses within the Lugu Lake basin. Each beam, each plank, carries the mark of its previous life — smoke-darkened edges from the hearth, adze marks from hand-hewing, the patina of decades lived within a matriarchal home. These marks were preserved as a deliberate material narrative, a quiet continuation of the stories embedded in the wood.

Traditional Mosuo interlocking log joinery was adapted for all bed frames and tables, executed by Dual Jade's senior artisans in collaboration with a Mosuo carpenter whose family has built homes on the lake for four generations. No metal fasteners appear in any visible location.

All upholstery fabrics sourced from Yunnan hand-loom cooperatives: undyed hemp, indigo hemp, and naturally pigmented cotton. Fabrics left untreated at the client's request, allowing them to age organically in the high-altitude air.

The tea pavilion shelving was custom-designed with integrated LED lighting synchronized to a circadian dimming curve, calibrated to the specific latitude and light patterns of Lugu Lake, operating entirely off-grid on the property's solar array.

All shoreline benches designed as two-component assemblies — a single plank and two lakeshore stones — requiring no tools, no fasteners, no permanent footings. They may be repositioned as the shoreline shifts with the seasons.