Dawang Mountain, Changsha, Coop Himmelb(l)au, China, glass cone, ski resort, winter sports resort, cement-mining quarry, amorphous forms, organic architecture, fluid architecture

Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has designed the winning entry for the Dawang Mountain Resort Changsha, in China – winter sports resort and water park across an abandoned cement-mining quarry and lake. The winning proposal combines an Entertainment ice world with an Indoor Ski Slope, a Water Park and supporting leisure facilities.

The aim was to integrate the building’s volume into a unique landscape and the resort is positioned directly on top of a historical cement mining quarry pit and the lake. In the design solution towards the South and East, the existing quarry pit is revealed and the sculpted shell of the Snow and Ice World spans 170 meters from cliff to cliff over a sunken and hanging garden creating a new functional leisure space of islands, water, cliffside pathways and ramps connecting the building to this natural heritage.

Central glass cone provides natural daylight down through the structure and on water surfaces. The cantilevered outdoor swimming pool creates 60m high waterfall into the quarry pit.

100m high tower on the South end of the site is separate structure and it facilitates a Star-Hotel and is connected to the Ice World via a Grand Garden Plaza. The hotel tower is the landmark for the entire Dawang Mountain Tourism Resort Center and it offers 270 high-class single and double bed suites, 60 Executive Suites with an Executive Club Lounge and a 6-room Presidential Suite, all with impressive views. The element façade system provides maximum of flexibility to the room layout and allows a homogeneous appearance over the exterior façade.

Dawang Mountain, Changsha, Coop Himmelb(l)au, China, glass cone, ski resort, winter sports resort, cement-mining quarry, amorphous forms, organic architecture, fluid architecture

Dawang Mountain, Changsha, Coop Himmelb(l)au, China, glass cone, ski resort, winter sports resort, cement-mining quarry, amorphous forms, organic architecture, fluid architecture

 

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