2024-12-23T22:21:51-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150360782/shma-s-rippling-landscape-adds-to-neri-hu-designed-hotel-in-zhengzhou Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2023-08-21T15:21:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/99/9909bf124f76cade93ea2b2ce54e656f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Bangkok-based landscape architecture firm <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/150340200/shma-company-limited" target="_blank">Shma Company Limited</a> has introduced an elegant, small-scale <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/73524/landscape-architecture" target="_blank">landscape</a> intervention in front of a <a href="https://archinect.com/neriandhu" target="_blank">Neri&amp;Hu</a>-designed <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/3693/hotel" target="_blank">hotel</a> called Le Meridien in Zhengzhou City, China.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b3/b3b6bebdeb44426a9179f7a8999b8a57.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b3/b3b6bebdeb44426a9179f7a8999b8a57.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Arch-exist</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6765/renovation" target="_blank">renovation</a> project comprises approximately 65,000 square feet of space in a densely populated area. The architects were tasked to create a hotel frontage landscape that improves the site&rsquo;s overall appearance, in addition to enhancing ground parking and vehicular movement.&nbsp;<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ed/ed80a897b79787424d86a4c1b2599e95.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ed/ed80a897b79787424d86a4c1b2599e95.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Arch-exist</figcaption></figure><p>The project design pays tribute to Zhengzhou&rsquo;s historical textile weaving industry through its sculptural landscape weaves and folds. A series of undulating lawn stripes represent silk being woven. The landscape and the existing building seamlessly integrate with each other. A water feature situated in front of the hotel&rsquo;s lobby drop-off area serves as the main welcoming element.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/56/56164dfa29fe50b42f0de76a197ac98d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/56/56164dfa29fe50b42f0de76a197ac98d.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: Arch-exist</figcaption></figure><p>Two colors, bronze and black, were used for the finishing of the stainless st...</p>