OCEAN VIEW RESORT
St. Thomas
Our service was to provide master planning and architectural design of this exclusive ocean view resort, featuring a hotel, casino, restaurants, private residence, sport facilities, swimming pools and a water park. In support of concern over the sustainability of natural environments, the building complex contains a continuous floating roof garden equipped with solar panels to generate power for electricity and hot water; soil bedding for native plants to reduce heat island effect; water collection system to prevent storm water runoff and to supply grey water to toilets and irrigation system. The floating roof itself functions as a giant shading device to block sunlight and allow ocean breeze to cool down the top of the building complex.