The Lalu is located on Sun Moon Lake’s Lalu Peninsula. In the past, the building served as Chiang Kai Shek’s travel accommodation. With a base area of 10 hectares, the hotel is divided into three buildings: Building ‘A’ houses the guest rooms; Building ‘B’ houses recreation equipment, including the spa, gym, sauna and members club; and Building C houses the villa, meeting rooms, library and parking lot.
The Lalu’s total floor area is 26,690 square metres, or about 8,000 pings. With a total investment cost of NT$1.86 billion, Shining Group spent over five years to complete the reconstruction of The Lalu since purchasing it in 1997. Its new style and features were unveiled to the public on March 3rd, 2002.
The Lalu’s architectural design centres
on the themes of utmost simplification of Zen style and is
constructed with four major building materials of wood, stone, glass
and iron. Its unique “Ongoing Style” of architecture has impressed
the public and alread becomes a model imitated by restaurants, hotels and various personal and business establishments. |
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Basic Profile of The Lalu
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Teakwood |
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About 880,000 bundles; equal to 98 20-foot-long containers. |
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Plants |
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There are a total of 35,000 plants in many varieties, including plum trees, bamboos, pine trees and temple trees. |
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Stone |
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628 steres; equal to approximately 2,512 tonnes. |
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Swimming pool |
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60 metres long, eight metres wide; the longest in the Taiwan. |
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Glass |
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184,800 stacks; equal to four football fields. |
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Blue gravel |
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200 tonnes. |
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Rebar
(includes steel in construction) |
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7,325 tonnes total. |
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Number of people involved in construction |
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180,000 man hours / day. |
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Pipes and wires |
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The total length of pipes and wires, including electricity, telecommunications, air conditioning, electronics, water supply and drainage, is approximately 775,000 metres. |
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