The proposal involves creating an inner courtyard space surrounded by office buildings , a sunken plaza surrounded by shops and connected the metro station and surrounding pedestrian path for circulation. The area, with good public transport links and pedestrian connection will attract people to come and enjoy a calm and intimate atmosphere, in contrast to the bustling surrounds of Shanghai.
The building volume, based on typical, efficient office floor plan, varies from 1200m2 to 1800m2 and from 4 to 8 stories high, in order to maintain a cubic form. The cubes are distributed across the plot so as to create both an appropriate street facade Shen Hong Road boulevard, and more organically towards the inner sunken plaza in order to create a more diverse spatial experience in contrast to typically gridded office parks. A Mega-store is located at the east-west corner and forms an entrance to the rest of the underground shopping. Underneath the office towers, there are two levels of commercial space with outdoor terraces surrounding the sunken plaza. The straightforward circulation plan connects the metro station at the north-west corner, the shopping mall entrance in the east, and the sunken urban plaza at the south-west corner, which are the main pedestrian access points to the site
The square floor plan is particularly efficient for flexible office use: each office tower can be divided into two separate units or more according to the tenants requirements. By introducing a double lobby concept, each tenant can have their own individual lobby and lift, a rare luxury in a shared office building. The façade of the office towers is 50% glazed and 50% clad, which allows it to meet the stringent requirements of sustainable building regulation. The façade pattern is inspired by Chinese bamboo, with a subtly shifted grid and bands that tilt in the prevailing wind direction. The pattern is regularized with 10% of the panels customized for variety and visual interest. The cubic volumes vary in size and height, and together with the facades, create a collective yet individual character, a sort of unified family of buildings which are related yet different.
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