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The hotel harnesses tidal energy to generate electricity. The idea was to redefine the hotel typology by embracing renewable energy to create a sustainable environment. This is the last of three tidal projects using the project brief to further underline the importance of inter-disciplinary dialogue between architecture, engineering, renewable energy and industrial design.

The hotel is located on Yalong Bay, on the island of Hainan in the South China seas. Along the bay’s coastline there are sheltered areas but also sections which are a high-energy site exposed to winds and high waves, this is where the harmonic turbine hotel sits, partly anchored into the coastline’s rock with its elements free to gently move with the tide. Revolving water turbines are partially buried in the sand and respond to tidal waves creating a sustainable infrastructure as part of the hotel’s design.

Image Courtesy © Margot Krasojević Architects

• Architects: Margot Krasojević Architects
• Project: Harmonic Turbine Tidal Hotel
• Location: Yalong Bay, Island of Hainan in the South China Seas, China
• Software used: Catia, MATLAB, 3dS Max and Photoshop
  
• Client Name: CHINA FILM HOUSE
  
• Project End Date: February 2020

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