Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm by Wei Zhang - gad

Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm by Wei Zhang - gad is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Vaj Tsev, Tsev thiab Qauv Tsev Competition Category.

KubVaj Tsev· 2022

Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm

by Wei Zhang - gad

Client: Gad

A' Design Award Kub Winner in Vaj Tsev Category

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The Design

About Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm

Taizhou Z Center yog ib lub tsev ua haujlwm uas muaj thaj chaw ua lag luam nyob rau hauv plawv nroog ua lag luam ntawm Taizhou, Zhejiang. Lub tsev loj uas muaj tus duab zoo li tus niam ntawv L siab 90 meters thiab ncua mus raws txoj kev Shifu Avenue. Cov qhov chaw uas tawm nrho thiab tsa siab saum av ua rau muaj chaw roos tshav roos nag rau cov khw muag khoom nyob hauv pem teb thawj txheej. Ib txoj kev taug kev txaij ntxig hla thaj chaw thiab txuas lub tsev siab nrog lub khw loj muag khoom. Lub tsev loj thiab cov tsev ib puag ncig thaiv ib lub tshav puam qhib rau pej xeem. Iav thiab cov daim txiag aluminum muaj qhov to qhwv sab nraud uas muaj duab quav zoo li daim ntawv khib. Ib lub vaj saum ntuj cais ob thaj chaw ua haujlwm sib txawv thiab qhib kev pom toj roob hauv pes rau sawv daws.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kub

Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Kub, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim qib ib, zoo kawg nkaus thiab tshwj xeeb. Cov neeg yeej Kub yog cov khoom tsim tshiab heev, pom deb heev thiab ci ntsa iab uas qhia txog kev txawj ntse, kev txawj thiab lub zog ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm xav tias yuav yog ib qho kev tsim uas tau txais kev qhuas ntau, tsim kev nyiam tshiab thiab loj uas ua rau muaj nqi tsis tau muaj dua. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Kub no yog ib qho haujlwm zoo kawg nkaus thiab muaj kev hwm uas pab tau ntau thiab nthuav dav ciam teb ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis. Taizhou Z Center Tsev Ua Haujlwm ua rau muaj kev xav tau heev, txhawb kev mob siab, txhawb kev tsim tshiab thiab ua rau peb xav tsis thoob.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: From the point of view of the site selection in the central business district, the heart of a city usually means highly intensive development of blocks, and the surrounding greenbelts and transportation system outline an increasingly clear boundary for it. In the face of the project land that integrates office and commercial needs, our design expected to break the solidified paradigm of closed parks, and create a lively and cordial interface for the bustling crowds based on the roots of the city. The main ideas of Taizhou Z Center surely include key words below:
1. Aggregate: Layout Strategy of Implanting A Square;
2. Overlap: Vertical Expansion of Composite Functions;
3. Connect: Place Creation to Boost Vitality.
So this project will be submitted by following the three key ideas mentioned above.
Dimensions & Packaging: According to the difference of the functional layout, the main building was rendered a distinct block-joining look. At the same time, materials such as glass and perforated aluminum panels with similar colors were used to maintain the lightness and unity of the overall modeling language. The 90-meter-high main slab building spreads as far as possible along the Shifu Avenue, jumping out of the surrounding buildings, and gently incorporating to the city skyline.
Tags: Z, City Vitality Catalyst, High-rise Office
Production Technology: Based on the analysis of urban behavior patterns, we used a large number of cantilever and overhead techniques to provide gray space for commercial func-tions of the ground floor and show the echoing relationship between the square and the city.
Taizhou Z Center, the high-rise center and shopping center in diagonal form a convenient pedestrian flowpath across the base. With this hidden oblique axis, the L-shaped main building, the Nanyang Science and Technology Building on the west and the residential slabs of Yulan Plaza on the north naturally enclose to form a public and open city square. The plane stretches open, returning the inner space to the city.
Design Challenge: The land use conditions are particularly harsh in the city's axis, where an inch of land values an inch of gold. The building density was limited to 20%. Although it was a tough starting point, we turned the challenge into the unique symbol of Z Center in the process of deepening.
Research: The Central Park is facing the south side of the project, and form a continuous green axis of landscape with the Waterscape Park adjacent to the business dis-trict, the Civic Square and Baiyun Mountain. The south and east sides of the L-shaped main building open up the sight corridors, and we have set up a show-case-like sky garden at the key point of the block-joining part. It not only makes a natural division between the two functional blocks, but also weakens the sense of high-level volume. It connects with the distant landscape from the vertical dimension of the space, and is a relatively shared communication plat-form.

The landmark of the Z Center project indicates the façade treatment method of the main building wrapped by folded plates, as well as the flow guide of the entrance and exit of the volume cutting. It is applied to mathematical summation, and may also contain a certain metaphor: in the development, the building itself and the vitality of the city are taken into account, effectively stimulating the catalytic effect, so as to achieve transcendence on balance.
Inspiration: The expectable landmark of the Z Center project derives from “∑”. This symbol indicates the façade treatment method of the main building wrapped by folded plates, as well as the flow guide of the entrance and exit of the volume cutting. It is applied to mathematical summation, and may also contain a certain metaphor: in the development, the building itself and the vitality of the city are taken into account, effectively stimulating the catalytic effect, so as to achieve transcendence on balance.
Project Duration: The project started in 2007 and finished in 2010 in Taizhou of Zhejiang.
Operation Flow: In the face of the project land that integrates office and commercial needs, our design expected to break the solidified paradigm of closed parks, and cre-ate a lively and cordial interface for the bustling crowds based on the roots of the city.The square block on the corner of the street has a close dialogue with the neighboring administrative, cultural and business districts.
Team Members: Project Director: Wei Zhang
Project Creative: Wei Zhang
Yicun Song
Other Team Members: Kaijian Zhang
Yicun Song
Pengfei Kang
Junyan Shao
Fengnan Zu
Renqian Song
Xiaoliang Zhao
Guocai Yao
Guoping Chen
Interior: Hangzhou Dianshang Building Decoration Design Co., Ltd.
Landscape: Shanghai LANDAU International Design Co., Ltd.
Lighting: Shanghai Eduth Facade Consultants Co., Ltd.
Facade: Shanghai Eduth Facade Consultants Co., Ltd.
Photographer: Li Yao
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Li Yao, Taizhou Z Center, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Li Yao, The aerial view, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Li Yao, External view of the building, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Li Yao, Street view from different directions, 2020.
Image #5: Photographer Li Yao, Joined blocks of the main building, 2020.
Video Credits: Molan Digital Studio Of Hangzhou.