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Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital by FTA Group

Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital by FTA Group is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Kub in Tsim Vaj Tsev, Tsev thiab Qauv Tsev Competition Category.


KubVaj Tsev· 2025

Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital

by FTA Group

Client: FTA Group

A' Design Award Kub Winner in Vaj Tsev Category

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The Design

About Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital

Shanghai Cloud yog ib lub chaw ntsuas kev txawj ntse digital uas nyob rau hauv North Shanghai Hi-Tech Park hauv Shanghai. Lub tsev loj no muaj peb lub pej thuam siab uas muaj thaj tsam hauv pem teb tag nrho 270,000 square meters, thiab lub pej thuam siab tshaj plaws siab txog 130 meters. Ob lub pej thuam txuas ua ke rau saum hau los ntawm ib txoj kev txuas saum ntuj uas ntev 63 meters. Qhov project no loj hlob los ntawm lub qub Pengpu Machine Factory, uas lub qub tsev thiab lub ntsej muag cib liab tau raug kho dua tshiab thiab cov ru tsev raug hloov ua hlau thiab iav. Cov cube volumes uas teeb tsa sib txawv tsim tau cov terraces, cov vaj ntuj thiab cov tshav puam sab nraum zoov.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kub

Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital 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. Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital 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. Shanghai Cloud Chaw Ntsuas Kev Txawj Ntse Digital 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
Located in the North Shanghai Hi-Tech Park, the project takes the new smart city as the core, and promotes the renewal of the region from industrialization to intelligence. Hundred meters high data center and 5A office building grow out from old Pengpu Machine Factory. The dislocation and occlusion of the architectural form creates more terraces, sky gardens and outdoor courtyards for the community, making the scene warm and allowing creativity to happen anytime, anywhere.
Dimensions & Packaging
The new building consists of three towers with a total floor area of 270,000 square meters, with the tallest one reaching 130 meters. The two towers on the west side are linked by a corridor at the top of 100 meters, spanning 63 meters.

After the completion of the plant renovation, the heavy industry workshop will cover an area of 16,000 square meters. The east side is 72 meters long, the west side is 78 meters long, the overall width is 122 meters, the average net height is 12 meters (18 meters at highest point), the large-scale building facade and the long-span steel concrete structure bring infinite possibilities for the internal space layout.
Tags
Industrial heritage, Renovation, Smart city, Industry integration, Superimposedeffect
Production Technology
In order to reduce the impact of traffic, the high-rise buildings are arranged along the site boundary to create a complete urban interface and a staggered skyline. Two towers are linked at the top by aerial corridor to enhance the connection of internal spaces. Inside, the comfortable and pleasant street size is used to create a dynamic and warm science and technology community. Besides, for the old factory, the team adopts the scheme of the new into old, including reinforcement of original structure, red brick facade repair, replacement of metal and glass roofs, etc.
Design Challenge
Land in the key area of Shanghai that can be developed with a capacity of one million square meters is extremely scarce. In the face of the situation that the site is basically occupied by industrial relics, the design team creatively proposed the expansion concept from "square" to "cube". The scheme has been verified and affirmed by many experts such as the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Academy of Social Sciences, and the History Museum. As a result, the original structure and red brick facade of the old factory building were carefully restored, while incorporating elements such as modern curtain wall technology and glass roof to breathe new life into the historic building.
Research
Many successful cases in the United States show that the degree of wisdom determines its position in the future industrial ecology. In this case, the design team also regards "wisdom" as the soul of the park. From basic functions to intelligent industrial clusters, the logic of intelligent empowerment is consistent. In the meanwhile, the application of big data is cross-industry, so the project deeply integrates the upstream and downstream enterprises of the capital and the industrial chain, and creates a "high-density, high-level and efficient" innovation experience.
Inspiration
"Superimposed Cube", as the motif of architecture, runs through the design. The emergence of a digital intelligence center from the old factory is meant to bring this place the future productivity. In the meanwhile, the design cuts the buildings into flexible and harmonious cube blocks by breaking them into pieces, to avoid becoming isolated islands in the city. Each cube has a vertical community inside with a three-dimensional network, creating more casual communication spaces.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2021 and finished in June 2024 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow
Based on the different sizes and business characteristics of the enterprise, the design provides flexible and diverse office space to meet the diverse needs of startups to large. At the same time, it provides high-standard laboratory facilities for high-tech enterprises to support the research and development of cutting-edge technologies. In addition, apart from serving industrial development, the project also meets the multi-functional needs of reception, conference, exhibition, brand promotion and so on.
Team Members
FTA Group, Architectural design
FTA Group, Planning
Image Credits
Image #1-5: Photographer Ai Qing, CreatAR Images, 2024

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