Iron Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2020
Fuzhou Show Time Square Commercial and Residential
- A' Design Award 2020 Iron Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Atelier Global Limited
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 10,781
- Verification code A0874672B7 · Verify this award
About Fuzhou Show Time Square Commercial and Residential
Fuzhou Show Time Square is a mixed use complex of commercial and residential buildings in Jiangxi. The project covers 290000 square metres and is divided into a commercial district and a residential district. A commercial avenue runs from east to west and links marketplaces, retail stores, food and leisure areas. A round central plaza and an outdoor commercial mall form layered public spaces. Brightly coloured horizontal features, inspired by the water resources of the region, help guide visitors. The materials include aluminium sheet, glass, stone and ETFE.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Jiangxi Fuzhou Show Time Square is a complex of commercial and residential architecture. Areas along the commercial avenue can be defined as commercial districts which includes marketplace, retail store, food , leisure areas. At the center of intersection of these areas, a plaza forms a focal point of the multi layered commercial axis that brings in people. The residential towers surrounding the landscape creates a vibrant facade of the city and extended the urban skyline.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project Area 290000 square meters
- Tags
- central city, central road, flow, vivid, vitality, colorful
- Production Technology
- aluminum sheet, glass, stone, ETFE
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge in this project was to create a monumental architecture that can enhance commercial activities while enhancing the quality of lives of residents in site surrounded by main traffic roads.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2015 and finished in October 2019
- Operation Flow
- Strategically, the design divided the project into two areas, residential district and commercial district. The commercial clusters and residential towers of different heights on the two sides create a hierarchy with the surrounding urban space.Also, locating a commercial avenue from east to west , set the atmosphere for commercial activities. With these layers in the land, the design created a spatial hierarchy, which provides lively experience to visitors.
- Research
- Through the analysis of land disposition, functionality, and circulation of consumers, several thematic plazas manipulate circulation of the people and create activity space correspondingly. The design categorized shops into different clusters to create a multi layered network of commercial space, which provides a vivid experience of spending. Also, in the plaza, vertical transportation and interlocking terraces accomplish a playful and leisurely residential area.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by abundant water resources in Jiangxi, design adopted brightly coloured horizontal features on the commercial buildings. This eye catching architecture can perform as a beacon that gives directions to flowing in population. In between the commercial cluster and avenues, we created a thematic commercial street with balconies setback at a human scale, creating a pleasant commercial setting. At the same time, the round central plaza and the outdoor commercial mall create three dimensional layers in the central avenue.