The terrain of the project plot is relatively flat, with elevation of about 1.5-2.0 m; the terrain of the West Ring Island Road and Xingdao Road is relatively high, with the highest elevation of 6.8 M.

Shuangshan Island is a process from scratch to become an island. Lighthouse Hotel will be the spiritual landmark of Shuangshan and the benchmark project of exploring new urbanization development.

Shuangshan Island is a process from scratch to become an island. Lighthouse Hotel will be the spiritual landmark of Shuangshan and the benchmark project of exploring new urbanization development.

To the Lighthouse
Author: Qian Su

The lighthouse is on the other side of the summer.
They say that summer sounds very far away .
Keep going south.
Until the end of the world.
On Tierra del Fuego,
There is a small town called Ushuaia.
Ushuaia upon the stream,
The time of red and white.
Like the lighthouse,
Floating on the water ，Beat by the waves.
Lighthouse at the end of the world,
Sad people like to go.
Say that there can be.
Leave all unhappy things behind.
And what's called unhappy.
You tell me, what is that?
At the end of the world...
The lighthouse represents the beginning of a new world and the end of a old world
Design strategy:
1.Lighthousestay
Lighthouse is Homestay

The marriage of Lighthouse and homestay hotel is the core innovation of this project. The guest rooms on the lighthouse will bring a panoramic view to the river, so that the people of Zhangjiagang can look back at the port city and get deepen the pride of the city.
2.Vertical Village
Lighthouse is village

Lighthouse houses extend the characteristic rural landscape of Shuangshan Island to the sky, which is an important cultural exhibition platform for Shuangshan Island in the future.
Shaping logic:
Design concept:
1.Setting Sail
The shape of the sail embodies the port and shipping culture of Zhangjiagang and represents the milestone of the development of Shuangshan Island.




2.Twisted Lighthouse
Reversion brings different perspectives of river scenery, but also different perspectives of Lighthouse diversified city image, change of scene

3.Vertical Village
The terraces formed on each floor form characteristic sky terraces, which focus on the agricultural landscape of Shuangshan and bring real rural experience to the guest rooms.

4.Panoramic view
Each floor is connected by a ramp to form a spiral traffic to the roof viewing platform, providing a continuous view and exhibition space for tourists, connecting the ground and sky, the north and South sides of the river, city and nature.

2018

2018

Project name: Shuangshan Island Lighthouse Boutique Hotel of Zhangjiagang
Type: competation
Project location: Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, China
Design year: 2018
Gross built area (square meters): 1500㎡
Orgnization: Xband Eco-club Co. & Martha Schwartz Partners(MSP)
Architect firm: ARCHgrid
Website: www.archgrid.com
Contact e-mail: [email protected]

Lead architect: Peng Zhao
Design team: Zhengquan zhang, Weiwei He

/