2012_Competition
Client HANGZHOU DONGTIE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO., Ltd
Area 16,000 sqm
Location HANZGHOU (CHINA)
Design Architect YAGO HARO
Project Team KIKI ZHENG, JAVIER PEREZ-CUADRADO, BLANCA DE JUAN
The new headquarters for Dongtie Group is located in a city area under transformation, next to Hangzhou Qianjiang Central Business District. Despite a prominent location, the building is surrounded by higher residential towers that cast their shadow over the new Headquarters minimizing the building's urban impact, and arising our client’s main concern: how to provide their new HQ the special character requested by the company?
The general volume of the building is determined by the plot’s shape and size and the building codes limitations: a 12+1 stories deep-long volume aligned along Wujiang road with the neighboring residential towers only a few meters at its backside.
The workspaces are arranged along three of the four sides of the volume to take advantage of the views - towards the CBD, the river and the city to the northwest- while the cores and services are pushed to the backside against the high residential towers.
In our second proposal a central atrium is opened between the service cores and the office areas. The void of the atrium spreads from the interior of the building towards the façade connecting six large openings carved out of the building mass. The openings locate the entrance and lounge areas in the lower levels and outdoor terraces and gardens for the occupants in the upper floors. They enhance daylight, ventilation and views, and configure the image of the building as a compact stone mass perforated by cavities sheathed in purplish-glazed panels as in a geode, symbol of wisdom, wealth and recognition in ancient China.
The new headquarters for Dongtie Group is located in a city area under transformation, next to Hangzhou Qianjiang Central Business District. Despite a prominent location, the building is surrounded by higher residential towers that cast their shadow over the new Headquarters minimizing the building's urban impact, and arising our client’s main concern: how to provide their new HQ the special character requested by the company?
The general volume of the building is determined by the plot’s shape and size and the building codes limitations: a 12+1 stories deep-long volume aligned along Wujiang road with the neighboring residential towers only a few meters at its backside.
The workspaces are arranged along three of the four sides of the volume to take advantage of the views - towards the CBD, the river and the city to the northwest- while the cores and services are pushed to the backside against the high residential towers.
In our second proposal a central atrium is opened between the service cores and the office areas. The void of the atrium spreads from the interior of the building towards the façade connecting six large openings carved out of the building mass. The openings locate the entrance and lounge areas in the lower levels and outdoor terraces and gardens for the occupants in the upper floors. They enhance daylight, ventilation and views, and configure the image of the building as a compact stone mass perforated by cavities sheathed in purplish-glazed panels as in a geode, symbol of wisdom, wealth and recognition in ancient China.
