Construction of Ping-Pong Paddle Hotel
China is set to build a hotel shaped
like an upside-down ping-pong paddle as part of a new $45.8 million sports
complex.
The China Daily newspaper
reports rounded guestroom windows will resemble the surface texture of a table
tennis racket, while the "handle" of the 500-foot hotel will be an
observation deck, allowing tourists to take in a view of the city of Huainan,
where the hotel will be built.
"An erected ping-pong racket has a perfect
architectural shape for a hotel," Jin Chang, director with Huainan
Municipal Bureau of Sports, tells the news outlet.
But the ping-pong racket hotel isn't the only oddly
shaped building in the works for the 165-acre sporting complex: there will also
be a main stadium shaped like an American football, plus smaller stadiums and
gym facilities shaped like a volleyball, soccer ball,
and basketball.
The sports bureau has signed an agreement with China
Sports Industry Group that guarantees various sports games will be held in the
stadiums over the next 20 years.
This is not the first time hotel designers have turned
to sports for inspiration. The Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai is designed as a
wave to compliment the sail-shaped Burj al Arab, one of Dubai's most iconic
images.
In France, the Rugby World Cup was
celebrated with the construction of a giant rugby ball hotel in 2007. During the event, rooms cost
nearly $10,000 per night.
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Is this suppose to be dated April 1st? !
I would not believe it but did find all the other news sources on it and some cool rendering of it.
I think it is great to get obscure inspiration from things like loved sports, in this case the design is actually cool and the handle which serves as an observation tower works (aesthetically and design wise)
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