Songjiang Shimao Hotel is a resort that
includes extreme sports facilities, visitor center and a five-star
luxury hotel with some levels of the hotel situated under water. The
unique resort is being built into an abandoned, water-filled quarry.
A naturally-lit internal atrium incorporates the existing rock face,
with its waterfalls and green vegetation. The design solution for the
resort includes the use of green roofing and exploiting the site’s
geothermal heat to generate electricity and heating. Atkins is
providing the architecture, structural and civil engineering services
for this leisure resort in China. The resort includes extreme sports
facilities, visitor centre and a five-star luxury hotel with some levels
of the hotel situated under water.
