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Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizBrazilian firms <a href="http://www.hiperstudio.com.br/album/hotelaliah?p=1#1" target="_blank">Hiperstudio</a> and <a href="http://www.arkiz.com.br/" target="_blank">Estudio Arkiz</a> recently won first prize for the Hotel Aliah sustainable luxury hotel complex in Sao Paulo. Designed for Aliah, a company which promotes sustainable development through practices and businesses that are profitable with a positive socio-environmental impact, the green-roofed hotel is meant to provide guests with a direct connection to the environment and encourage improved sustainable attitudes. The Aliah Project is meant for the World Cup in 2014 and will serve as a model of sustainable architecture by disseminating innovative concepts that promote a green lifestyle.1
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizHotel Aliah is a sustainable luxury hotel complex for World Cup 2014 that is meant to re-establish a connection between man and the environment.2
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizThe green-roofed hotel was designed by <a href="http://www.hiperstudio.com.br/album/hotelaliah?p=1#1" target="_blank">Hiperstudio</a> and <a href="http://www.arkiz.com.br/" target="_blank">Estudio Arkiz</a>.3
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizTheir belief, which is in line with the development company, Aliah, is that sustainability is not just a matter of strategies and actions, but of intrinsic values that require adopting a new attitude towards the world.4
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizThe Aliah Project is designed to be a comfortable, innovative and transcendental space where guests can find a better, healthier and more balanced way of life.5
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizThe architecture for the hotel by Hiperstudio & Arkiz is expressly designed to encourage new attitudes and provide opportunities for contemplation, walking and meditation.6
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizThe buildings are orientated along an axis which is integrated and has views of the surrounding landscape and takes advantage of the sun.7
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizVegetation and green roofs are integral to the design along with natural daylighting and ventilation.8
Hotel Aliah-Hiperstudio and ArkizRainwater is harvested and used throughout the building along with recycled grey water for irrigation.9
