Gold Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2022
Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex
- A' Design Award 2022 Gold Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2022
- CLIENT: Peng Architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 27,759
- Verification code 79E47FBCA9 · Verify this award
About Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex
Nam Kwong Diehu Center is a mixed-use complex designed for Qidong, Jiangsu, China. The site lies in the central business district, next to Diehu Lake. The design is divided into three plots. One plot holds the working and commercial areas, and two plots hold the residential areas. The form of the twin towers is inspired by the shape of a butterfly, following the local name of Diehu Lake. The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. Ecological residences and fitness parks support a healthy community.
Peng Architects Inc.'s Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex represents a distinguished achievement in contemporary architectural practice, demonstrating the firm's sophisticated engagement with biomimetic design principles and parametric form-making that has characterized advanced architectural discourse in recent decades. The twin towers appear to embrace organic morphologies drawn from natural phenomena, their helical rotations and undulating horizontal elements suggesting the growth patterns of shells, the spiral arrangements found in botanical specimens, or the fluid dynamics of moving water frozen in architectural permanence. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless integration of structural expression with environmental responsiveness, as the projecting horizontal fins appear calibrated to provide solar shading while creating the distinctive visual rhythm that defines the towers' character. The inclusion of vegetation at multiple levels indicates thoughtful consideration of biophilic design principles, introducing living elements that soften the architectural mass while potentially contributing to thermal regulation and air quality enhancement. The relationship between the two towers merits particular attention, their forms appearing to lean toward one another in the upper reaches, suggesting partnership, dialogue, or mutual support in architectural language that evokes human connection through built form. The unified podium from which both towers emerge establishes visual continuity and programmatic integration at ground level, while the crystalline crowns suggest aspiration and luminosity. The landscaped setting with mature trees and active plaza space demonstrates careful consideration of the public realm and human experience at ground level. Viewers might contemplate how architectural form can embody organic principles while serving contemporary programmatic needs, and how built structures might express relationship and harmony through spatial choreography.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Located in the CBD area of the city, the project is next to the Diehu Lake, the main landscape of the central axis. The site is divided into three parts. As the working and commercial area, plot A is in the Diehu Park plot, adjacent to Qidong Cultural and Sports Center. As the residential area, plots B1 and B2 are separated from Plot A by the city's main road, Huangpujiang Road. The project site has a significant advantage and aims to create an iconic landmark for Qidong City.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. The site is close to Diehu Lake and Qidong Municipal Government, and the area will become the central business district of Qidong New City in the future. Viewed from the landmark twin towers, the most shocking scenery on the lake come into sight while enjoying the panoramic view of the Diehu Lake.
- Tags
- Architecture, complex, modern, building, lake
- Production Technology
- With the objective of "backyard of Shanghai and Qidong Citizens' Leisure Circle, as well as a Great Healthy Ideal Community", the complex will become a healthy community featured ecological residences with fitness parks. The project integrates new lifestyle, and opens a new chapter in Qidong with a butterfly form to express the inheritance of the times
- Design Challenge
- Diehu Lake Park is the largest ecological park in Qidong, and there are newly built Qidong Cultural and Sports Center and Grand Theater. The public cultural facilities and the natural resources of the large landscape around Diehu Lake is integrated in the project, connecting the road system of the Lake.
- Project Duration
- The project designed in April 2019 in Qidong, Jiangsu, China. it is unbuilt yet.
- Operation Flow
- The site is close to Diehu Lake and Qidong Municipal Government, and the area will become the central business district of Qidong New City in the future.
- Research
- Following the master-plan of "One City and Three Districts", the project emphasizes the big health theme, building a life and health science and technology city, reflecting the three themes of ecology, technology and health, and creating a healthy city circle in Diehu Lake.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by Diehu Lake, also called the butterfly lake, the design concept comes from the shape of butterfly. The two wings of the butterfly cater to the volume of the twin towers. Standing by the lake like a three-dimensional butterfly, the building means that Qidong City is welcoming the first light on the east side and developing into an international city just like the transformation of butterfly.
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