Hey ma, look what they is buildin' in the quarry!

Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang district close to Shanghai in China. Its stunning concept designs inspired by the natural water and landscape features of the quarry captured the imagination of judges to quash competition from two other international firms.

The innovative design of the 400-bed resort hotel stands two levels higher than the rock face of the 100 metre deep quarry and includes underwater public areas and guestrooms. It will incorporate conference facilities for up to 1,000 people, a banqueting centre, restaurants,cafés and sports facilities. Sustainability is integral to the design ranging from using green roofing for the structures above the ground level to geothermal energy extraction.

More info here.No mention, as far as we could tell, of when this will be completed, but we're guessing 2010 — because that is the year everything will be done by.

Via China Herald.

Source: Shanghaiist


Can we humans use our creativity to harmonize with our environment rather than to exploit it to exhaustion, and to our own self-destruction?

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Dan Benor, MD
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