HKS Hill Glazier Studio has been selected to design the 300-room Zhangjiang Crowne Plaza Hotel in Shanghai, scheduled to open in 2012. Plans call for a grand lobby garden, signature restaurant with private dining rooms, ballroom, spa and fitness center, and a tower level club lounge with garden terrace overlooking the city. The design will take cues from the yin and yang concept of balance while incorporating the high-tech vernacular of the area.
“The exterior façade is a unique blend of blue, green, and gold glass patterned into squares and rectangles, representing technology-based mathematical theory,” says HKS senior designer Sergio Saenz of the building. “A reflecting pool connects the buildings together, promoting a literal translation of balance.”
