Shuibei International Center Office and Business by Aedas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Competition Category.
GoldArchitecture· 2021
Shuibei International Center Office and Business
by Aedas
Client: Shenzhen Gmond International Industry Co., Ltd
Golden A' Design Award Winner in Architecture Category
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About Shuibei International Center Office and Business
Shuibei International Center is an office tower with a podium mall, located in an industrial park. The tower is 197.5 meters high and has 43 floors above ground and four basement levels. The form is inspired by bamboo, and a segmented composition unifies the different functions. Multiple sky gardens are placed along the podium and the tower, creating habitable spaces for multiple uses and exhibitions. A landscaped staircase forms an exhibition space for cultural events on the podium, and blurs the boundary between interior and exterior.
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About the Golden A' Design Award
Shuibei International Center Office and Business is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Shuibei International Center Office and Business is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Shuibei International Center Office and Business creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.
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- Unique Properties
- Located in the image display position of the industrial park. The complex is an office tower of 197.5m, with a podium mall. With bamboo inspiration, architecture adopts segmented method to unify the whole function. Multiple sky gardens spread along the podium and tower, creating habitable spaces and multifunction and exhibition areas. Landscaped staircase creates an exhibition space for cultural events on podium, that blurs the boundaries between interior and exterior.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Total area is 105000 sqm by gross area while land area is 6988.It has 43 floors above ground and 4 floors in basement.Tower is 197.5 meters high and standard tower floor is 1680 sqm on average. Office floor height is 4.5m high, with 3m clearance.
- Tags
- Gateway / Eye of the city/ Sky garden/ Giant LED/ bamboo/ Taoist thought
- Production Technology
- The curtain wall of the tower adopts the unit type glass window, and the metal curtain wall of the podium adopts the slotted curtain wall, and fully optimizes the flat surface, so as to save the cost.
- Design Challenge
- This project is located in high density neighborhood, with multifunction programs. The challenge was to carefully tackle all the limitations and explore new ways to fulfill a sustainable design. The project is very unique in functions, aesthetic and economical senses. Podium curved facade is quite a challenge to be built. This is a ‘one of’ iconic building which will truly represent for the district identity.
- Inspiration
- The overall shape of the building originates from the “bamboo” of the totem of Chinese traditional culture, which means its noble character. The “one” shape of the podium, the “two-piece” shape of the tower, and the “three” level bamboo section of the tower symbolize the “one in life, two in three, three in all” of Taoism, forming the heaven, earth and man, that is, the three-stage structure of the tower.
- Project Duration
- The project started in May 2015 and finished in September in 2020.
- Operation Flow
- The layout of the tower plans are designed focusing on the best views while minimizing the shadows casted on neighboring buildings. With flexibility in mind, the tower core was designed to be able to be divided into 3 different lift lobbies serving three different tower zones. This allows tenants to rent the tower by sections. Multiple sky gardens spread along the podium and tower, creating habitable spaces and multifunction and exhibition areas.
- Team Members
- Dr Andy Wen, Liu Yan
- Image Credits
- Image #1: CreatAR, architectural photography, 2020.
Image #2: CreatAR, architectural photography, 2020.
Image #3: CreatAR, architectural photography, 2020.
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Image #5: CreatAR, architectural photography, 2020.
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