Platino Architettura · 2025
Golden Key Venue Edificio per uffici
- A' Design Award di Platino 2025 in Architettura
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About Golden Key Venue Edificio per uffici
Golden Key Venue è un edificio per uffici a Shanghai, in Cina, realizzato attraverso la trasformazione di un ex magazzino. Tre volumi bassi sono collegati a una zona a torre. Uno sbalzo di 26 metri è sostenuto da due pilastri inclinati rivestiti in acciaio inossidabile con finitura a specchio. La facciata è composta da 28.000 pannelli in terracotta rossa, che conferiscono un aspetto minimalista simile a quello di un campus, mentre facciate continue in vetro extrachiaro caratterizzano il livello superiore. I volumi sovrapposti generano interni dal carattere loft. Corti, terrazze, giardini pensili e spazi verdi lungo Chuanqiao Road mettono in relazione gli utenti con la natura.
About the A' Design Award di Platino
Golden Key Venue Edificio per uffici ha vinto l'A' Design Award di Platino, un riconoscimento estremamente prestigioso conferito a design davvero eccezionali, eleganti e magnifici. I vincitori di Platino sono meraviglie della creazione, testimonianze dei limiti della creatività intellettuale, e dimostrano l'impareggiabile professionalità e la genialità dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che questi design siano le opere più rinomate, che definiscono l'estetica di un'epoca, contribuiscono al benessere della società e fanno avanzare i confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia. Golden Key Venue Edificio per uffici mostra un livello di eccellenza trascendente e rende inequivocabilmente il mondo un posto migliore grazie alle sue caratteristiche vantaggiose e preziose. Golden Key Venue Edificio per uffici è un'opera premiata con l'A' Design Award di Platino che risveglia i desideri, ispira, entusiasma, delizia e suscita grande gioia.
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- Unique Properties
- This project explores urban norms through three low-rise blocks linked to a high-rise zone, with two slanted columns. It integrates green spaces along Chuanqiao Road and uses stacked volumes for a loft-like design. The facade, with 28,000 red ceramic tiles, offers a minimalist "academic-style" look, while courtyards, terraces, and rooftop gardens foster creativity and nature connection.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The site covers an area of 11,000 square meters, with a total building area of 36,000 square meters (22,000 square meters above ground and 14,000 square meters underground). The building has a height of 40 meters, with 5 floors above ground and some areas reaching 8 floors.
- Tags
- Urban Catalyst, Urban Renewal, Industrial Architecture, Architectural Transformation, Green Spaces, Community, Research and Development, Cantilever Architecture
- Production Technology
- The building features a 26-meter cantilever supported by two tilted, mirror-finish stainless steel columns, creating a surreal spatial effect. The facade, made of 28,000 red terracotta panels, evokes a minimalist campus-style aesthetic with green trees and red walls. The upper portion showcases glazed ultra-white glass curtain walls, forming a distinct two-level architectural design.
- Design Challenge
- The design’s challenge lies in the 26 meter cantilever, supported by two inclined giant columns wrapped in mirror finish stainless steel. These columns extend from the ground to the ceiling, creating a seamless, suspended effect. Balancing structural integrity with the delicate reflective surfaces required close coordination between engineering and design, ensuring both stability and visual impact. Achieving strength, elegance, and a surreal spatial experience was essential to the project’s success.
- Research
- The Golden Key Venue, located at 1065 Chuanqiao Road in Pudong's Jinqiao area, was formerly the Huashi Storage Warehouse under Shanghai Pharma Group. The five-story, 2,700 sqm building was in disrepair and had low land-use efficiency, affecting the surrounding industrial community. As part of Jinqiao Sub-center's broader transformation, Shanghai Pharma Holdings and Jinqiao Group, two state-owned enterprises, have spearheaded this urban renewal project.
- Inspiration
- Urban structures possess an inherent logic that requires rationality and knowledge to shape, forming a driving force for urban behavior - an Urban Catalyst. Its purpose is to influence other elements, attracting talent to collectively create a vibrant, cohesive city, driven by empowered industries, urban construction, productivity integration, vitality creation, and regeneration.
- Project Duration
- The design phase of the architectural project began in 2021, with construction completed in 2024.
Location: 1065 Chuanqiao Road, Shanghai, China - Operation Flow
- Through the collaboration between Shanghai Pharma Holdings and Jinqiao Group, an old warehouse has been transformed into a landmark innovation hub in the Jinqiao Sub-center. Magsense Health has settled in the project, with biopharmaceutical companies like Huashi Pharmacy and Huantong Technology joining soon. This initiative is fostering a synergistic biopharmaceutical ecosystem, positioning the area as a key industry hub and a Shanghai benchmark for urban renewal driving new productivity.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Vincent Wu, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer Vincent Wu, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer Vincent Wu, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer Vincent Wu, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer Vincent Wu, 2024.
Video Credits: MADA s.p.a.m LLC, 2024
