Aug 12
2008The REN Building - Shanghai’s Icon of Architecture
Filed Under (Business, Travel) by Sheern Tami on 12-08-2008
Tagged Under : Architecture, Better City, Better Life, Better Life” 2010 World Expo, China, Construction, Creative, Design, Enlightenment, Inspiration, Modern Architecture, Shanghai, The REN Building
The Ren building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the “Better City, Better Life” 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one. The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living.
The building takes its form from the Chinese character for person 人 (”ren”) and combines two buildings (one symbolic of mind and the other symbolic of body). We love the poetic inspiration that reflects both site and cultural sensitivity
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The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center.
