Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development by Aedas is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Platinum A' Design Award in Construction and Real Estate Projects Design Competition Category.
PlatinumReal Estate· 2023
Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development
by Aedas
Client: Chuanjia Technology (Hangzhou) Co., LTD
Platinum A' Design Award Winner in Real Estate Category
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About Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development
Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park is a research and development campus located beside Nanhu Lake in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, China. The campus brings together research laboratories, a visitor and exhibition centre, and support facilities. The master plan is shaped like a Bodhi leaf, and the open courtyards and view corridors follow the pattern of leaf veins. Modular office blocks can be linked to form floor plates of 2,000 to 4,000 square metres. A quiet central courtyard provides a space for meditation and reflection.
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About the Platinum A' Design Award
Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development is a Platinum A' Design Award winner, an extremely prestigious recognition granted to truly exceptional, elegant, and magnificent designs. Platinum winners are marvels of creation, testaments to the limits of intellectual creativity, and demonstrate the unmatched professionalism and genius of their designers. These designs are expected to be the most renowned works that define the aesthetics of an era, contribute to the well-being of society, and push the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development exhibits a transcendent level of excellence and unequivocally makes the world a better place with its advantageous and worthwhile characteristics. Alibaba Damo Nanhu Industry Park Research and Development is a Platinum A' Design Award-winning work that triggers desires, inspires, excites, delights, and sparks great joy.
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- Unique Properties
- Alibaba DAMO Nanhu Industry Park is the first headquarters of Alibaba DAMO Academy, this project integrates the most technologically advanced research laboratories, visitors and exhibition centers, and ancillary facilities, to build a world-class scientific research institute on the banks of Nanhu Lake in Yuhang District, Hangzhou.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Space: Changing Sceneries with Appropriate Scale
In the center of the campus is a “Zen” like courtyard, a space for meditation and thoughts befitting the story of DAMO for learning and innovation.
Challenge: complex circulation
The finger-shaped office buildings are set in parallel with the view corridor while canteen and public amenities are sensibly placed in the center of the campus on the north-south central axis for easy access. - Production Technology
- Office: sharing efficient unit and special design
The R&D buildings are all designed to the latest trend based on “Neighborhood” teaming system blending work, meeting, and personal space to create a collaborative workplace environment. In order to maximize flexibility, modular office blocks could be linked to create workplace with floor plate between 2,000sqm to 4,000sqm. Working groups are distributed around shared amenities, atriums and communal space to promote communication. - Inspiration
- Concept: A Floating Leaf
The campus masterplan design resembles a Bodhi leaf, emulating leaf veins created open courtyards and view corridors that maximizes the site potential. The resulting design appears like a Bodhi leaf floating on the surface of the Nanhu Lake, embodying the graceful élan of Hangzhou. - Project Duration
- Completion Year: 2023
Location: Hangzhou, China - Team Members
- Ken Wai, Global Design Principal
Wei Li, Executive Director
Feili Shen, Executive Director - Image Credits
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