Chinese studio Neri&Hu has completed a hotel in Shanghai alongside the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, which was also designed by the studio.
Located in Pudong District, Artyzen New Bund 31 hotel forms part of a larger development called Qiantan, which includes an office tower and a shopping centre.
The hotel, which is connected directly to the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, contains a total of 202 guest rooms is a tower above a podium.
Alongside the entrance of the hotel on the ground floor, Neri&Hu created a scallop-shaped concrete facade to recall the arches of the performing arts centre.
Guests can go to the hotel reception on the fifth floor either directly from this gound ground floor entrance or via a lounge on the third floor that connects to performing arts centre.
According to the Shanghai-based Neri&Hu, the hotel was conceived as having been carved from a single monolithic mass.
The ground floor lobby features a large circular opening punctuating the ceiling, inviting natural light flooding into the otherwise enclosed space.
The firth floor, which is the top of the podium block, contains all the shared amenities including reception, lounges, restaurants, event spaces, and outdoor gardens.
The facilities were placed in pavilions, which were arranged in a stone landscape that acts as a garden-like experience for guests.
"The hotel is envisioned as an urban oasis that takes its guests on a journey of surprise and discovery," said Neri&Hu.
"With an abundance of outdoor landscape spaces, Artyzen Qiantan offers a rare experience in an urban hotel, a sense of respite and escape from the bustling city of Shanghai," it continued.
The colour palette for the guest rooms was informed by traditional Chinese gardens, mindful of the nature theme that is consistent throughout the hotel.
Grey stone wraps the entry and bathroom of each room, while wooden bed frames bring a sense of warmth, with bronze metal details adding a touch of luxury. Custom furniture pieces by Neri&Hu create a sense of home and casualness for the guests.
Neri&Hu was founded by architects Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu in Shanghai in 2006. Along with the New Bund Performing Arts Centre, the studio recently completed a residential block in Taiwan.
The photography is by Pedro Pegenaute unless otherwise stated.
Project credits:
Partners-in-charge: Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu
Associate-in-charge: Akrawit Yanpaisan, Scott Hsu
Design team: Aleksandra Duka, Peng Guo, Danyan Jin, Andy Chen, Qiucheng Li, Elan Tao Tessie Wan, Paz Ma, Echo Li, Dania Angela Flores, Ambesh Suthar, Kathy Hu, Bella Lin, Greg Wu, Becky Zhang, Nicolas Fardet, Yin Sheng, Lili Cheng, Junho Jeon, Luna Hong, Lyuqitiao Wang, Haiou Xin, July Huang, Yuqi Zhong
Consultants:
Architect: Palmer & Turner Consultants
Curtain wall consultant: Shanghai Zhulian Construction Engineering Co.
Structural consultant: Arup
MEP consultant: China Team Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
Landscape consultant: East China Architectural Design & Research Institute
Construction PM: AECOM
LDI: Shanghai Tianhua Architecture Planning & Engineering
Acoustic consultant: SMW (Shanghai) Business Consulting Co.
Art consultant: Art Front Gallery (Shanghai) Co.
Interior LDI: Shanghai Modern Architectural Decoration Environmental Design Research Institute Co.
Interior lighting: Branston Partnership Inc.
Kitchen consultant: CKP Kitchen Design Consultant Co.
Signage consultant: Shanghai Saichi Logo Design Engineering Co.
QS: Arcadis
Contractors:
Contractor (GC): Shanghai Construction No.4(Group) Co.
Curtain wall: Wuxi Hengshang Decoration Engineering Co.
Hotel public area interior: Shanghai Construction Decoration (Group) Co.
Hotel guest room interior: Shanghai Haihua Construction & Decoration Engineering Co.