Le Meridien: Frontage Landscape

Middle Density, Project, Shma, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms.

China, Greenery, Industrial context, Landmark, Landscape Architecture, Neighborhood, Project, Vegetation.

Shma Company Limited presents Le Meridien Hotel, located on an urban intersection in Zhengzhou City, China. The small-scale renovation project comprises 6,000 m² of landscaped area in front of an existing five-star hotel, completed in 2013 by Neri & Hu. The client’s brief called for a stunning hotel frontage landscape to improve the overall appearance, while also resolving ground parking and vehicle circulation. Given that the site is in a densely populated area, the firm set out to achieve a landscape that is interactive, imaginative, and artistically crafted in order to create a new landmark for the neighborhood.