International firm Aedas designed Panzhou, a new hotel and mixed-use development for Guangzhou, China. The complex, which will be completed in 2012, is centrally located within an existing exhibition zone. While the project fronts directly onto one side of the water, the location affords views to the water from both directions.
The district is filled with very strong and bold formal design moves and it was deemed important at the beginning that, although fitting into the surrounding sensitively, the design strives to be unique and iconic to give the project a strong and comfortable identity within its surroundings, aiding in its success among competing neighbors.
Sliding floor plates break down the bulky mass and allow light to enter the inner exhibition hall. The lower levels include multiple levels of retail spaces, an exhibition hall and eateries, and there is a connection to a subway station on the lower floor. The lobby, which straddles the other side of the pre-function concourse for the exhibition hall, has stacked support spaces until the fourth floor where these supporting functions have space to open up horizontally.
This floor contains restaurants, bars and the fitness center. In the middle of this floor, tying all these activities together is the bottom of a grand 60 meter atrium, which is surrounded by the hotel rooms of the tower.
Pazhou Hotel will be complete in 2012.
Pazhou Hotel
Pazhou Hotel
Pazhou Hotel
Pazhou Hotel
