coop himmelb(l)au unveils dawang mountain resort ice world

coop himmelb(l)au will design ice world for dawang mountain resort
all images courtesy of coop himmelb(l)au

coop himmelb(l)au will be designing a 120,000 square meter deep pit ice and snow world complex, complete with restaurants and hanging gardens. dubbed ‘dawang mountain resort,’ the building volume is integrated into a picturesque changsha landscape and positioned directly on top of a historical cement mining quarry pit and lake. in the design solution towards the south and east, the existing quarry pit is revealed and the sculpted shell of the snow and ice world spans 170 meters from cliff to cliff over a sunken and hanging garden creating a new functional leisure space of islands, water, cliffside pathways and ramps connecting the building to this natural heritage. this unique framed open space in between architecture and landscape is also characterized through an impressive central glass cone providing controlled natural daylight down through the ice world structure and on to the islands and water surfaces.

masterplan view

valley view

 project info: 

planning: coop himmelb(l)au wolf d. prix & partner zt gmbh
design principal: wolf d. prix
senior project partner: markus prossnigg
executive coordinator: lei feng
project architect: angus schoenberger
design architect: quirin krumbholz
project team: laura ghita, crystal k.h tang, xinyu wan, paul challis, veronika janovska, sorena dumitru, philipp scherl