Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo by Paul Liu and Hank Xia

Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo by Paul Liu and Hank Xia is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

AuroTotonu· 2020

Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo

by Paul Liu and Hank Xia

Client: PLD/ Paul Liu Design Consultants

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo

O le Faletalimalo o Zhangjiagang Marriott o se galuega mamanu totonu o fale talimalo o loo i Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu, Saina. O le faletalimalo e iai potu talimalo ma potu maualuluga e 323 e vaaia ai le laufanua o le aai ma faletaele tatala, nofoaga e aai ai, ma le sili atu i le 4000 sikuea mita o avanoa mo fonotaga ma taumafataga. O le mamanu totonu e faasino i le tulaga o le aai o se taulaga i le Vaitafe o Yangtze, o lea la o le vai o se elemene autu. O lanu ma foliga na maua mai i atavali o laufanua Saina e taialaina ai le autu. Na filifilia mea faufale e tumau ma e leai ni mea oona, ma na toe faatulagaina le fuafuaga o le fola ina ia faaaogaina lelei ai le avanoa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel Mamanu Totonu o Fale Talimalo e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Set in the economic and cultural centre, Zhangjiagang Marriott Hotel is the city’s newest iconic landmark hotel,featuring 323 spacious layout guestrooms and suites with skyline views and open-plan bathrooms. For F & B facilities, Dining is a delightful discovery of outstanding cuisines with Chinese, Japanese and seafood buffet within the stylish environment.For meeting and banquet areas with more than 4000 sqm, it is considered as the largest events and banquet spaces among high-end competitors.
Dimensions & Packaging: The Hotel covers a landscape area of 55000sqm including Hotel Guestrooms 29000sqm, Food & Beverage Outlets 6000sqm, Ballrooms & Meeting Facilities 12000sqm, Recreational Amenities 3000sqm )
Tags: Hoipitality Interior Design, Marriott Hotel, Business Conference Centre, Cultural,Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu
Production Technology: The designers looked for the longevity of design, considering the lifespan of the materials used in the design and focus more on quality over quantity.
including higher standard of finish, detailing and quality in the design. The designers are committed to finding ways to balance aesthetics and functionality with choices that reduces the environmental impact, including choosing eco-friendly, non-toxic and chemical-free materials and products.
Design Challenge: With nearly 50000 sqm design area, the hotel design process is very sophisticated and functional involving planning, schematic design, developed design and construction documentations stages. Due to the diversity of functions within a hotel building, a large number of specialists like architects, structural engineers, lighting, signage, AV consultants, contractors, suppliers were involved and required to coordinate with during each critical design stage. The design needs to meet the requirement of Marriott’s international brand strategy while take the owner’s operational, budget, time schedule requirements and aesthetic issues into consideration with very tight time schedule-one and half year for the whole project from scratch design to construction completion and opening for operation.
Research: The brief is to design a new contemporary Marriott-branded hotel that can articulate Marriott’s international brand strategy, philosophy and globally consistent image while take the owner’s operational, budget, time schedule requirements and aesthetic issues into consideration.
Inspiration: As one of the port city along the Yangtze River, the Zhangjiagang hotel design details inspired from its unique geographical location. Water was a central element within the whole design. The designers used Oriental Aesthetic Chinese Shanshui Painting as a nursery of ideas in style. The designers took the color and shapes from the Mountains and Water as the cultural theme inspiration and used modern materials, texture and finishes to perfectly present a pleasurable experience to guests.
Project Duration: The project started in Oct 2017 and finished in April 2019 in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu,China
Operation Flow: By replanning the design of the existing building, the hotel became more energy intelligent. By redesigning the floor plan configuration, the designers maximize the efficient use of the hotel space to meet the operation needs. Special attention was paid to a hotel’s spatial relationships to ensuring that hotel spaces were used efficiently.The perception theory was applied to enhance the humanization level of the hotel and get the customers’ affirmation.
Team Members: Paul Liu-Founder & Chairman
Hank Xia-Copartner & Design Director
Celine Shi-Decoration Department Director
Dany Hu-Construction Drawing Director
Image Credits: PLD/ Paul Liu Design Consultants