The 283-room Shangri-La Shougang Park, Beijing has views of Shijingshan Hill and Qunming Lake, and is an official hotel of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, with the Snowboard Big Air Venue being located close to the hotel.
Italian designer Piero Lissoni has transformed the former industrial building, retaining the original framework of the power plant and adding a glass facade “that encloses the building and leaves its structure intact while allowing natural light to infuse the space inside”.
This has allowed the reception area and lobby lounge to act as an indoor garden space, combined with steel elements including a red steel spiral staircase which connects the hotel’s public spaces.
The lobby atrium also features a mesh wire installation titled “Journey of Hope” by Japan’s Studio Sawada Design, which has been inspired by birds that migrate to the Yongding River.
The original building has been extended to house the property’s meeting and events spaces, and a new building offers 283 rooms and suites ranging from 42 to 84 sqm.
