Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte by Aico

Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Design d'Architecture, Bâtiment et Structure Competition Category.

ArgentArchitecture· 2021

Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte

by Aico

Client: Hunan Sunwalk Construction Group

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Architecture Category

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The Design

About Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte

Le Complexe de siège social est un ensemble de bâtiments à usage mixte situé à Changsha, en Chine. Le complexe s'élève au sein du Parc technologique des médias créatifs, en bordure de la rivière Liuyang et de l'axe central du parc. Le site étant soumis à une limite de hauteur de 120 mètres, trois tours ont été reliées entre elles pour former un repère urbain, plutôt qu'une unique tour de grande hauteur. Ces tours abritent un immeuble de bureaux et deux immeubles d'habitation, disposés le long de la rivière et réunis dans les airs par une plateforme commune accueillant une salle de sport, un bar-librairie et une petite salle de cinéma. Un socle de bureaux-jardins sur trois niveaux ouvre le complexe sur la rue.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Headquarters Complex Complexe de siège social à usage mixte est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is located in the Creative Media Technology Park (CMTP) in Changsha. The site is adjacent to the Liuyang River and the central axis of the park. The building height limit of the site is 120m, which is lower than the surrounding parcels in the CMTP. Therefore, the design seeks to create a unique city landmark by linking three towers. The three towers are arranged in an encircling manner along the river and connected in the air, ensuring the maximum view toward the river.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimension: 165m x 126m x 118m
Total Construction Area: 114664sqm
Land Area: 17012sqm
Construction Area Above the Ground: 85064sqm
Office Area: 35000sqm
Apartment Area: 49500sqm
Tags: Linked Buildings, Sharing Layer, Elevated Platform, Garden Office，Porosity
Design Challenge: The height limit of the site is 120m, which is too low to design a skyscraper as a landmark. As a result, the project is designed as three towers linked by a platform layer in the air to be building group, which also is a unique city landmark.

Considering that the client want a customized high quality headquarter, the porosity of the garden-like podium not only introduces the view of green landscape into the building, but also improves the openness to the city and the streets.
Research: Through a series of design methods, the project attempts to break the absolute barriers between office, residential and street, creates a series of multiple level public spaces, and enhance the publicity of the project.
Inspiration: The project is composed of one office building and two apartment buildings. A platform layer is introduced in the higher levels to provide amenities such as a gym with a swimming pool, a book bar, a small cinema, etc. These amenities are shared between the office and the apartment, creating a linkage between working and dwelling.

The podium of the project consists of three stories of garden office, which will accommodate to working spaces, meeting rooms, reception areas, a product gallery for the five branch companies owned by Sunwalk Construction Group. The porosity of the garden office plan allows plenty of natural light into the interior spaces and ensures the openness of the project to the city.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2019 and still ongoing. It's located in Changsha, China.
Operation Flow: In the high level of the project, a platform layer in the air is innovatively implanted as the sharing air public space to enhance the interaction and lead the circulation between office, hotel and apartment towers. At the street level, a garden-like office is set up in a three-storey podium, while a public visiting road is introduced to run through the garden office, improving the openness to the city and the streets.
Team Members: Jun Zhang，Chong Shen，Ziqiang WU，Xuejiao Zhao，Dongao Wang
Image Credits: Image #1: AICO
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