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Kamis, 04 Juni 2009

Eco-hotel in a quarry


The Songjiang district, near the Chinese city Shangai, is a popular zone for recreation. Firm Atkins, famous for their grandiose projects, proposed a set of hotels called Songjiang. The key factor of the design is the water, that is all around the building. The hotel is created in the deep quarry and this point reflexes on a simple look. The building has also underwater parts. The roof is grassy and whole complex will use geothermal energy for an electrical supply and heating, so the interference with the nature will be smaller.

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