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Attention Hoteliers: Let's Make This Sustainable Ski Slope Hotel a Reality

January 21, 2010 at 1:45 PM | by | Comments (0)

We've heard of ski-in, ski-out resorts, but visionary architect/artist Michael Jantzen's gargantuan eco ski-slope has taken the concept to another stratosphere.

Dubbed the North Slope Ski Hotel, Jantzen's 400-foot sustainable design has yet to be realized, as he's in hot pursuit of a client who shares his belief that "luxurious places on earth can, and should be built in an earth friendly way." Personally, we think the sustainability-minded Kimpton chain would be a good fit, giving the green brand heft with regard to cutting-edge design.

Jantzen's ice-cold (read: cooler than cool) mock-ups depict guests "swoosh-swooshing" down a slope on the hotel's exterior, which is powered by a combination of wind turbines and solar cells that also fuel the hotel at large. When the weather outside is frightful, warmth will be provided courtesy of "[l]arge south facing insulated windows mounted in front of a large amount of thermal mass in the floor of the lobby...to help passively solar heat the hotel," reads Jantzen's description.

The proposal is for fully-functioning eco-accommodations, so, if and when the project comes to fruition, an eco-spa and gym will are included in the plan. In a further gesture of kindness toward mother nature, snow is not wholly necessary for the slope, thus making it season-less. Per Jantzen: "The ski slope is also designed to collect summer rainwater, and winter melting snow...This water is recycled and used in and around the hotel."

Attention developers: we've already mentally booked our lift-ticket, so get to building.

[Photo: Michael Jantzen]

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