Cave hotel underway in water - filled Chinese

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Construction has started on a hotel resort that will nestle into the 100 meter-high rock face of an abandoned water-filled quarry outside Shanghai.

A huge waterfall will pour down from the roof of the 19-stores hotel complex, which will have part of its body built into the cave and two of its floors submerged beneath the water.

 

 

Atkins is providing architecture, structural and civil engineering services for this leisure resort in China which includes extreme sports facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water. Sustainability is integral to Atkins’ design of this unique resort, built into an abandoned, water-filled quarry.

Our design solution includes the use of green roofing and exploiting the site’s geothermal heat to generate electricity and heating. A naturally-lit internal atrium incorporates the existing rock face, with its waterfalls and green vegetation.

 

 

 

http://www.iam-architect.com/cave-hotel-underway/