An ambitious concept that calls for outdated hotels to be injected with greenery has been awarded the top prize at the 2014 Radical Innovation Awards. 

The Green Air Hotel concept was created by architect Lip Chiong’s Shanghai-based firm Studio Twist and builds on the growing trend of implementing gardens to combat pollution and clean indoor air.

The Green Air Hotel features an indoor greenhouse, a green façade and a green air room that is designed to “grow fresh air.”

Green Air Hotel by Studio Twist. (click for original size)

Studio Twist’s winning concept was one of 100 entrants in the competition, which was looking for “ideas that will have near-term, positive impact on hospitality.”

The firm presented its idea to an industry jury panel at last month’s Hospitality Design Expo in Las Vegas. Of the two finalists, the audience decided on Green Air Hotel as the winner with the firm, with the firm securing $10,000 to put toward the concept.

The hotel centres around the idea of refreshing existing hotels in China, which is in the midst of a pollution crisis.

Studio Twist noted that air pollution in China is so bad, the government is encouraging people to stay indoors. The firm asked, however, how clean the air really is indoors.

Many hotels in China are outdated and in urgent need of an upgrade.....Continue Reading

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