Green Roofed London Hotel is Buried Underground
Posted By Evelyn Lee On February 12, 2011 @ 12:10 pm In Architecture,Sustainable Building | 6 Comments
This five star hotel is going under – underground that is! Designed by ReardonSmith Architects [4]for a proposed development at Hersham Golf Club [5] in Surrey, London, this new subterranean hotel will pay its ultimate respects to London’s Green Belt by placing all 200+ guest rooms underneath it! The entire scheme is covered with a plush green roof that takes its cue from the surrounding countryside.
In addition to the green integrated into the building, the proposal includes the addition of extensive on-site re-vegetation and re-organization of existing spaces (such as parking) that will actually leave the site even more eco-friendly than it is now.
Matthew Guy, ReardonSmith’ [4]s project designer, states “Our concept integrates hotel, spa, and golf facilities into a single architecturally exciting and organic composition below and above ground. The design fulfills the requirements of the brief for a bespoke five star hotel while returning hard standing to the Green Belt and improving the physical layout and visual attraction of the entire site. It represents a commercially viable solution to developing in the Green Belt and is, we believe, a world-first.”
Via Architecture News Plus [6]
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