A built-in hotel. New life for a granite quarry

The construction of Songjiang InterContinental Hotel, which was built in a huge pit of the former granite quarry is completed in Shanghai. Since twelve years, a huge construction crew of architects, engineers and designers has presented an astonishing hotel at the cost of $290 mln.

It has 18 floors in general; only two floors are on the surface, fourteen floors are below the ground level and the other two left are completely under the water, occupied by a restaurant and a luxury hotel apartments with a breathtaking underwater scenery. The roof space is covered with recreation park that has stretched to three thousand square meters

Total complex area is 428 200 sq.m. with 336 hotel suites, spacious public areas and conference rooms for up to 1000 people. The entire complex uses only geothermal and solar energy, and special technologies for processing and restoring natural water to preserve water resources. Architects managed to use its unusual location and the surrounding landscape to the fullest, organizing incredible entertainment for active guests: climbing, bungee jumping, water sports.