UAD merges traditional and contemporary forms for Shaoxing Hotel hall
The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University has completed a new hall for the Shaoxing Hotel in eastern China.
The large, triple-height central hall was built to connect the hotel to the natural surroundings of the site in the city of Shaoxing, fusing traditional Chinese architectural elements with modern forms and materials.
Photo is by Zhang Chenfan
Working both with existing structures and new-build elements, the Shaoxing Hotel hall incorporates plants, water and bridges.
"We tried to avoid drastic rebuilding and seek an artful fusion of landscape so as to build an urban forest looking out towards the city," explained the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University.
Sweeping roof forms, designed to mimic the contours of the surrounding mountains, cover the central hall. Thin colonnades run in front of both the north and south entrances, sheltered by the roofs large overhangs. A mixture of dark brick and wood, white walls and copper-clad columns help blend the large structure into an adjacent wooded area.
The existing hotel buildings include examples of traditional Chinese structures, and the hall mediates between these old buildings, the landscape and its modern requirements.
"In the process of design, we reorganised the natural and traditional elements ? mountain, stone, roof, window, column ? into the new architectural form as significant symbols," said the architecture studio.
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