Jade + QA: hotel at a depth of 88 m
After twelve years of construction in China, a hotel has opened on the site of an abandoned quarry. The authors of the unusual building are the Sino-British Jade + QA bureau. According to the architects, the concept of the building was inspired by the place itself and the surrounding landscape, and the structure was built according to yin-yang principles, which are based on the balance of light and dark principles, heaven and earth.
The Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental Hotel, located near Shanghai, is located at a depth of 88 m (half of the mine is filled with water) and descends 16 stories from the ground level. The structure, made entirely of glass and metal, consists of three volumes that closely adjoin the quarry wall.
The two lower floors of the building go under the water, they are equipped with a restaurant and additional rooms, from which there is a view of the underwater aquarium. The first two floors, on the other hand, rise above the ground, with a reception hall, another restaurant and conference rooms. There is a swimming pool on one of the floors above the water level. The hotel has a total of 337 rooms.
The central part of the complex is a glass tower resembling a waterfall, especially at night with spectacular lighting. There is an elevator inside that connects all the buildings of the building, and an observation deck at the top. In addition, there is an operable roof on the ground floor of the hotel, on which sports fields and mini-gardens are equipped.