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zaha hadid architects to build 'tower C' at shenzhen bay super headquarters base

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in , zaha hadid architects (ZHA) has been announced as the winner of a compeon to build ‘tower C’ at shenzhen bay super headquarters base — an important business and financial center serving the greater bay area of guangdong, hong kong, and macau. integrang clusters of corporate headquarters within a global technology hub accommodang 300,000 employees each day, the development will include venues for internaonal conferences, exhibions, and other cultural programming. the headquarters base will incorporate residenal developments, a transportaon center, botanical grasslands, and even a coastal zone with wetlands.

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‘tower C’ by zaha hadid architects within the shenzhen bay super headquarters base responds to its locaon at the intersecon of the city’s planned north-south green axis and shenzhen’s east-west urban corridor. connecng directly with its adjacent park and plazas, which transform into a terraced landscape extending upwards within its two towers, the design invites the public into the heart of the building where cultural and leisure aracons are housed in sweeping bridges that e the towers together and give panoramic views of the city.

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served by the expanding shenzhen metro network, the tower’s stepped podium integrates with the adjacent park to create a new public space. this not only provides direct pedestrian access, but also allows daylight to reach the public transport interchange below ground. priorizing pedestrians, the tower’s design also includes extensive bicycle parking and charging facilies.

ZHA explains that the project’s design was informed by 3D modelling tools that opmize efficiencies in architectural massing, orientaon, and façade-to-floor raos. the result is a ‘mul- dimensional vercal city’ that comprises two towers that climb to a height of nearly 400 meters (1,312 feet). the building accommodates column-free naturally-lit office space, shopping, entertainment, and dining amenies, a hotel, a convenon center, and cultural facilies with exhibion galleries.

from an environmental perepcve, the tower’s double-insulated, unized glass curtain wall steps the glazing as vercal channels for self-shading and incorporates venlang registers within the channels that draw outside air through operable cavies. indoor environmental controls will adjust in real me to reduce energy consumpon, while aquaponics gardens on all terraced levels will biologically filter contaminants from the local environment. the design also incorporates water- collecon and recycling, as well as photovoltaics to harvest solar energy for the district.

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project info:

name: tower C at shenzhen bay super headquarters base locaon: shenzhen, china

project team — design: zaha hadid architects principal: patrik schumacher ZHA compeon project directors: satoshi ohashi, paulo flores ZHA compeon project associates: jingwen yang, karoly markos, michail desyllas ZHA compeon project leader: xuexin duan ZHA compeon team: xiaoyu zhang, lida zhang, bogdan zaha, gaoqi lou, huiyuan li, jiaxing lu, leyuan jiang, mariana custodio dos santos, marn gsandtner, nastasja mitrovic, rui zhao, sebasan andia, xiangfan chen, yuan feng, zhiming wang, boyan hristov, john kanakas, enoch kolo, karina linsen images: brick — website | instagram

philip stevens I designboom jan 11, 2021

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