Beijing’s Massive National Hotel will House a 107,000 Square Foot Indoor Rainforest

Internationally acclaimed design studio <a title="Monstrous Beijing National Hotel By Emergent Will House a 107,000 square foot Interior Rainforest" href="http://www.emergentarchitecture.com/hub.php?id=1" target="_blank">Emergent</a> is currently planning a massive 2.3 million square foot hotel near the <a title="Monstrous Beijing National Hotel By Emergent Will House a 107,000 square foot Interior Rainforest" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Capital_International_Airport" target="_blank">Beijing International Airport.</a> Simply dubbed the 'Beijing National Hotel', the 3-ringed, organic-shaped structure is being planned with sustainability in mind. With 1,500 rooms, international conference halls, a restaurant, and a whopping 107,000 square foot indoor <a title="Monstrous Beijing National Hotel By Emergent Will House a 107,000 square foot Interior Rainforest" href="http://inhabitat.com/controversial-belo-monte-hydroelectric-dam-in-brazils-amazon-gets-go-ahead/" target="_blank">rainforest</a>, this monster accommodation will be the largest landmark in the Chinese capital, even visible from landing aircrafts.

Beijing National Hotel’s continuous shape is comprised of three distinct rings connected together by single surface.

Its shiny façade will be made from a lightweight cable-net structure with many windows and skylights that will make the interiors shine while giving providing ample natural light to the interiors and rainforest.

The hotel’s enclosure structure is made from a double-layer skin system in which the outer layer is weather break and the internal weather proof, forming a thermal enclosure and a thermal buffer zone.

For watering the array of plants, the façade’s design also includes grooves for efficient rainwater collection.

Inspired by nature and driven by Emergent’s experience in complex biological and thermal systems, energy efficient solar thermal pipes where also implemented as part of the outer skin.

Located tt the highest point of the building, where the three rings join, a top-class restaurant with glorious 360 degrees views of the city will be built.

The hotel’s luxurious interiors will have the capacity for a record-breaking 1,500 rooms.

There are also spaces planned for international conference halls, hotel service areas, a top restaurant, and of course, the very large luscious rainforest, which will be protected by anti-corrosive ETFE plastic domes (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene).

Emergent is a renowned digital design office based in Los Angeles driven by biology and mathematical calculations within a context of contemporary design.