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Date: 23/09/2015 | Wednesday
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Architect: Yansong Ma, MAD Architects
Landscape Architect: EDSA – Landscape Design
Engineer: Shanghai SianDai Architecture Design (Group)
Structural Engineer: China Majesty Steel Structural Design
Construction Company: Shanghai Feizhou Group
Collaborators: hejiang Zhongnan Curtain Wall Co., Ltd., Shanghai Timalco Curtain Wall Engineering Co., Ltd.
Year(s) of construction: 2007 - 2013
Height: 102m
Width: 106m
Floors: 27 + 2 basement levels
Built-up Area: 95.000m2
Location: Huzhou, China
The Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort (浙江 湖州 喜来登 温泉 度假 酒店, also known as Moon Hotel is a spacious luxury resort is located in Huzhou, . It has nicknames such as "Horseshoe Hotel" and "Doughnut Hotel". It was designed by architect Ma Yansong by MAD Architects and built by Shanghai Feizhou Group.
It is the first five star hotel in mainland China for the prosperous and influential "business class" , oozing wealth and extravagance.
Structure and materials
The ring clearly poses a major challenge for structural design . Finally the project would be developed as a core of reinforced concrete forming tube , high capacity , light weight and excellent resistance to earthquakes. Implemented trying , at the same time to reduce as much as possible environmental contamination during construction. The Sheraton Huzhou Hot Spring Resort has a matching pair of 27-story towers that connect at higher levels to form a gently curved arc across the water . In the underground portion is attached by two levels of basements.
The mesh structure of curved surface makes it more solid building strength and this is reinforced by the steel structure shaped bridge connecting the double cone structure on the top floor . The facade of the hotel is covered with layers of white aluminum rings and fine textured glass, producing the illusion and drama of the scale of the building .