Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament by Zhe Wang

Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament by Zhe Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny d'Arquitectura, Edificació i Estructures Competition Category.

ArgentArquitectura· 2022

Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament

by Zhe Wang

Client: Beijing Sza Architectural Design Consultant

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament

Tp-Link Hangzhou és un centre de recerca i desenvolupament situat a la zona d'alta tecnologia del districte de Binjiang, a Hangzhou, la Xina. L'edifici de dotze plantes combina àrees d'oficines obertes, espais de recerca, sales de reunions, sales de conferències, àrees de menjador i cafeteria, i un jardí a la coberta. Dos blocs de diferents alçades formen un pati davanter orientat cap al carrer principal. Entre els blocs, un atri transparent construït amb una estructura de cables suspesos i vidre laminat ultrablanc connecta les plantes. Les caixes i plataformes col·locades a l'atri afavoreixen la trobada i la comunicació.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Tp-Link Hangzhou Centre de Recerca i Desenvolupament és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A fast-growing Chinese manufacturer of computer networking products, TP-LINK East China Headquarter in Hangzhou, is a 26700sqm, 12 stories creative office building that offers a mixture of open office area, research and development space, and amenity programs (meeting rooms, lecture halls, canteen and cafe areas, rooftop garden, and etc.) designed to foster collaboration. It is important that the project has a high-tech appearance to respond to its corporate neighbors.
Dimensions & Packaging: Concrete Construction/Concrete Frame system
The enclosure materials, such as curtain wall glass and aluminum, stone cladding are from local manufacture.
Site Area:9861sqm
Gross Area:39556.3 sqm
The above-ground building area is about 26700sqm
Tags: Architecture design, R and D Center, Technology, Garden Office
Production Technology: To achieve a desirable transparent appearance of the atrium and provide a high-quality indoor environment, the atrium curtain wall structure and glass type are chosen carefully. The atrium curtain wall is composed of a suspended-cable structure and ultra-white laminated glass to meet the design goal. The glass on the north and south slab building facades is insulated with higher reflectivity Low-E ratio. In addition, the facade system is designed with vertical aluminum panels with operable windows in-between.
Design Challenge: The Hangzhou TP-LINK R and D Center showcases design practice that highly integrates architectural concepts with a corporate brand. The design team tries to think out of the box regarding future high-tech R and D center space planning and building imagery and build a user-centered R and D Center for the future. To accomplish a building space guiding and inspiring future use, the space planning aims at providing flexibility and efficiency for users.
Research: As a result of meeting the user's needs of interaction, a series of functional boxes, platforms embedded in the atrium encourage encountering and communicating. The design team was successful in creating a unique common area that is highly integrating of transparency, openness, interactivity, and adaptability. The atrium is not simply a container, a physical connection, a visual linkage, it becomes the LINK of team cooperation, the LINK promoting equal, free and open communication.
Inspiration: The design of Hangzhou TP-LINK R and D Center is inspired by the local urban landscape culture of Hangzhou, aiming to create a three-dimensional office garden. Create an informal, low-density natural environment for users to perform personal relaxation, contact, and communication. The exterior of the north and south buildings is solid and concise, while the atrium is transparent and flexible. Let the architectural space no longer be just a static container, but an engine that promotes equal, free and open communication.
Project Duration: The project is located in the high-tech zone of Hangzhou Binjiang District, China.
Design Period: 2014-2017
Completion Time：2020
Operation Flow: This project deliberately gave up constructing the building height up to the height limit as most clients would do for the sake of landmark. Instead, it is comprised of two slabs with different heights and forms a front courtyard facing the main street. The transparent atrium also provides a clear visual connection with the regional arterial road as the urban space axis. Therefore, the project intends to provide a more friendly human-scale frontage and a more welcoming urban interface.
Team Members: Wang,Zhe
Shi,Wei
Su,Ting
Wu, Runze
Jiang,Nan
Ma,Tao
Zhang,Yan
Gao,Huilai
Wang,Bingcong
Image Credits: Photograph：Jin, Weiqi
Video: BEIJING SZA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANT