LANDSCAPE

AR-405
ASSIGNMENT OF
LAND RECLAMATION

(INTERCONTINENTAL SHANGHAI WONDERLAND HOTEL)

SUBMISSION BY- SUBMITTED TO-

MOHD NAZEEF KHAN AR. RAMYA KUCHHAL JINDAL
B.ARCH 4TH YEAR SFS
PROJECT – INTERCONTINENTAL SHANGHAI WONDERLAND
LOCATION- SONGJIANG, SHANGHAI, CHINA YEAR OF COMPLETION– 2018
ARCHITECT- JADE + QA-JADE +QUARRY ASSOCIATES; ECADI-EAST CHINA ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO, LTD; ATKINS

THE PAST SCENARIO

Before being a 5-star wonderful hotel, it was an abandoned quarry in songjiang district of shanghai, china.
The design and construction process of the hotel was fraught with many delays prior to 2013. Since 2013,
however, the design optimization and onsite construction progressed at a fairly swift pace. The fit-out work
carried out in 2017 and finally opened on November 20, 2018.
QUARRY- It is a type of mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel,
or slate is excavated from the ground. Quarry generally contains, marble, granite, sandstone, limestone,
chalk and other commercial elements. They are the cut into larger slabs and removed from the quarry.
Through this process quarry turns into a mine, which become useless after the extraction of required
material. Further leaves behind an abandoned region which is futile.

Figure 1: Project site before construction

 Figure 2: Project site before construction
Source-
https://nextshark.com/shanghais-
insane-5-star-luxury-underground-hotel-
almost-complete/

Since this land contains rocky soil, therefore not appropriate for agriculture and commercial purposes. It is
located far from the main central shanghai district, it had no chance of rehabilitation. After the excavation
process terminates, this land was not in use for a long time.

THE PRESENT SCENARIO

The InterContinental Shanghai Wonderland, which is built into the side of a formerly abandoned quarry
and is considered the world’s first underground hotel, opened today about 20 miles southwest of Shanghai.
The top floor of the hotel is located at ground level with a roof covered in greenery, while 16 floors of the
Hotel are located below ground. Another two floors are submerged inside a 33-foot-deep aquarium.

The hotel is also taking advantage of its location inside a craggy, 288-feet deep pit and is providing
bungee- jumping and rock-climbing attractions to thrill-seeking visitors. The hotel took 10 years to complete,
with total cost exceeding 1 billion yuan ($151 million), according to a report in China Daily last year last year.
 Figure 3- Present picture

Figure 4: Present picture

Figure 5: Present picture

Source - http://www.shimaoproperty.com/Upload/DownloadFile/oMKYQIYBFd41
Built in part by British firm Atkins, the same developers behind the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Dubai, it took
over 5,000 people to help complete the hotel as it required innovative engineering solutions. The chief
engineer on the project, Chen Xiaxiang, told China Daily his team registered 39 patents and made
hundreds of technological breakthroughs. “It’s been a fight against gravity.”

The hotel was designed with eco-friendly principles and generates its own power, heating and lighting
through the use of geothermal and solar energy. Architect and Technology come together to create such
a marvelous use of futile land into a successful architectural project. These type of adaptive reuse
project are now in practice and it carry out some great result.

CONSTRUCTION IMAGE

Figure 6,7,8 & 9: Under Construction picture

Source - https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-04/07/content_24340942_3.htm