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Located at Chaotianmen Square in the city of Chongqing in southwest China, the InterContinental Chongqing Raffles City & L42 Residential Clubhouse designed by Moshe Safdie, with the interior design of CL3 Architects is characterized by a large suspended tunnel on the 43rd floor of a skyscraper, set 250 meters above the ground. The building – that is already considered the city’s icon to the point that it appears as a representative image when searching online Chongqing – opened its doors between June and August.
Located at the junction of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers, here in the past the emperor sent his fleet to meet his people, the architects say. Today it houses a mixed-use skyscraper consisting of six towers and a glass suspension bridge on the 42nd floor, with 380 custom-designed rooms. This large suspended bridge is the real landmark, with a shape reminiscent of a vessel, like those of the emperor, overlooking the two rivers. Inside we find the hotel lobby with tropical plants, a restaurant and lounge seats reminiscent of the contour lines of a mountain. Also here the clubhouse surprises visitors and customers with a panoramic swimming pool with spa, gym and green relaxation areas with an impressive lush vegetation if we consider that it has recently opened.
- Project:
- InterContinental Chongqing Raffles City & L42 Residential Clubhouse
- Program:
- hotel, mixed
- Architects:
- Safdie Architects
- Hotel interior design:
- CL3 Architects
- Location:
- Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China
- Completion:
- 2020
- Landscape:
- Williams, Asselin, Ackaoui & Associates
- Engineering:
- Arup
- Executive architect:
- P&T Group International Ltd
- MEP:
- Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Facade engineering:
- ALT
- Quantity Surveyor:
- Rider Levett Bucknall
- Interior Design, Retail:
- The Buchan Group
- Area:
- 1,127,000 sqm
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