Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail by QUAD Studio

Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail by QUAD Studio is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Aureum in Urbanismus Competition Category.

AurumUrbanismus· 2020

Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail

by QUAD Studio

Client: QUAD studio

Praemium A' Design Award Aureum Winner in Urbanismus Category

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The Design

About Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail

Ac pretium augue dolor masterplan de Yibin Highspeed lux rail urbe. A reformatione lifestyle commendat omni tempore per totum annum. Stationem, Yibin iuxta High celeritate rail operated ex MMXIX Iunii, Yibin Greenlandia Center 160m ex alta mixta complectitur usu Twin Towers et naturae integrate architectura apud tempore landscape 1km boulevard. Quia plus historiae habet Yibin (IV) annos sapientiae et culturae vbi sicut flumen ypostasis, in development de Yibin notatum est. Turres pro duce lumen Didymus porta sagittis quam enim habitant terminos convenire.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aureum

Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aureum, honoris amplissimi formis primi ordinis, mirabilibus et praestantibus dati. Victores Aurei sunt opera valde nova, provida et splendida, quae ingenium, sapientiam et peritiam auctorum suorum referunt. Exspectatur Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail inventum laudatissimum, inclinationes creans et monumentale fore, quod pretium inauditum afferat. Haec forma Aureo praemio victa est incepto mirabile et honoratum, quod fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovet. Light Portal Portal Posterum Lucis Rail cupiditatem vehementem excitat, studium accendit, ingenium creandi fovet et capit.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Integrating architecture and nature, shaping new lifestyles for future residents of Highspeed Rail City, Light Portal is designed meticulously. Located adjacent to Yibin High Speed Rail Station, Yibin Greenland Centre comprises of 160m tall mixed-use Twin Towers framing 1km long landscape boulevard.
QUAD believes a park should be multi-dimensional living platform rather than flat surface. To maximize the use of underground spaces, besides car park, a Botanic Educational Centre and a Sports Centre will be built underground in the east side of the park due to the natural topography.
Dimensions & Packaging: Parametric designed solar shading device- aluminum fins in tower curtain wall system in 1.2m high x 300-500 deep a piece

Total Twin tower site area 37390 square metre
Total project construction area 15000 square metre
Twin tower building height 163m/168m

Total Central Park site area: 76570 square metre
Tags: TOD, Yibin, High speed rail, mixed use, central park, intelligent city, Highspeedrail City
Production Technology: Main Construction Materials: steel, Low-e glass curtain wall, aluminum fins, stainless steel, limestone, homogeneous tile.
Design Challenge: Architects has to complete the design in tight construction cost and limited time, while the site, extra focus has put on designing terraces, public stars and ramps in central park due to its significant level difference along the north south axis. Local plant species carefully chosen to be evergreen, easy to maintain and compatible in colors and shapes with site surroundings.
Research: Architects envisions this mega project can be rooted in local Yibin culture and both facade design, landscape design and masterplanning can reveal the distinct regional natural features and its geographical significance.
Local plant species widely used and arranged as four seasons garden in central park.
Inspiration: The Light Portal symbolized as gateway to Yibin and lighthouse for Yangtze River reflecting the distinctive geographical location of the city.
In this central axis park that bears ideal life of Yibin in the new era, based on the ecological context of the city, the designer conceived a large urban park and created a colourful painting for this green ecological city. With the twin towers flanking the fluid central landscape boulevard, the twin towers will represent a tower of light that will be the iconic symbol for the new Yibin High Speed Rail City.
Project Duration: The project is located in Yibin, China The design aimed to commence in mid 2020.
Operation Flow: Twin towers:
Vertical aluminum fins applied on tower curtain wall as main solar shading device, while the parametric-designed incremental change in fin depth along the façade generates a subtle and elegant wave pattern viewed from distant, echoing the Yangtze River concept.

Tower mass deliberately well proportioned reflecting different function in each zone by introducing a central slot throughout the height of tower. This LED embedded central slot gives out a mesmerizing, continuous beam of light projecting to the sky at night.

Twin tower podium:
Podium divided into 4 interlocking masses in order to create multi dimensioned open space and maximize the views to central park.

Central Park:
Over 1 km long central park consists of 4 plots connected by 3 serpentine footbridges, cladded in local blossoms, descending to heart of park in ramp.
Public viewing decks also provided at footbridges to provide best view to central park.
Team Members: Kelvin Chu
Wai Tang
Adrian Pang
Diane Zhou
Jack Zeng
Jimmy Li
Yuanping Qian
Ashley To
Tianzhu Zhao
Quinton Zhang
Beidun Huang
Tim He
Image Credits: All images, ICON, 2019