Located southeast of central Beijing, this project completes the final development phase of Century City East - a large, mixed-use residential community. Occupying the northeast quadrant at the intersection of the fourth ring road and the Beijing/Shengyang expressway, the development entails an office tower, commercial space, apart-hotels, and conference space on a 16,250 sqm site.
The design concept maximizes the potential for views and orientation by optimizing shape and placement of buildings. An offset office plan, sky lobbies, and sculpted form provides views through the office tower, while heightening transparency. Residential program is dispersed amongst multiple buildings of varying heights, creating spatial definition and view corridors. Avoiding the typology of a monolithic retail podium, a meandering enclosure promotes pedestrian experiences, opening the landscaped center to public use and extensive landscaping.
A high performance facade utilizing current, advanced technologies assists intelligent environmental control of user spaces. The twin-shell facade encouraging natural ventilation, controlled daylighting, and external shading are cladding system features. The reduction of external loads and daylight controlled artificial lighting minimizes mechanically induced space conditioning demands. An integrated design approach allows the individual users to control space temperature, air quality and room illumination levels.
International Design Competition - First Prize
AIA Hong Kong - Merit Award for Un-Built Projects
SARA Design Excellence Award - Projects in Progress
