Hilton Shigatse

Located in the south of Tibet, China, at the confluence of the Yarlung Zangbo River and the Nyingchu River, Shigatse is currently the second largest city in Tibet. Shigatse has an altitude of up to 3,900 meters above sea level, it is the political, religious and cultural center of the former Houzhang Tibet, as well as the residence of successive generations of the Panchen. The predecessor of Hilton Shigatse Hotel is the old Shigatse Hotel built in 1985, which is the first batch of modern buildings completed in Tibet, engraved with the symbols of Tibetan culture and memory of the local generation, inherited high-quality service and hospitality, and sent people's yearning for the highest-end hotel at that time.

CHENGDU SLOW TOWN HOTEL DESIGN CO.LTD was invited to remodel the old building, taking 4 years to complete a new ambitious project that integrates architecture, landscape, and interior. Through the application of new Tibetan innovative design, avoiding the encroachment of the thousand years of Tibetan cultural heritage with simple modern design, and at the same time abandoning the full reproduction of tradition, the aim is to build the world's highest altitude international brand hotel.
The overall construction of the Hilton Shigatse is based on Tibetan style, combined with the European manor style, choosing to "take the best" of the traditional reservations, utilizing modern technology to build a pleasant and comfortable hotel with "people-oriented" design concepts. In the main architecture, the building of Hilton Shigatse presents a four-sided enclosing "back" shape, so that the grand square is presented to the extreme, interpreting the art of symmetry and reproducing the charm of traditional architectural culture; from the outside, it looks like a castle on the plateau. With a careful selection of materials, the complex and delicate volume subtly emphasizes the building's role as a simple and simple hotel in Shigatse. As the main material of the building, stone emphasizes the simple and natural way of life of the local culture.