Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Waihanga, Whare me te Hanganga Competition Category.
HiriwaWaihanga· 2021
Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru
by Aico
Client: Hunan Sunwalk Construction Group
A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Waihanga Category
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About Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru
Book Text: Ko te Whare Matua he rōpū whare whakamahinga whakauru kei Changsha, Haina. E tū ana te whare i te Papa Hangarau Auaha Pāpāho, i te taha o te Awa o Liuyang me te aho pokapū o te papa. He tepe teitei o te 120 mita e pā ana ki te wāhi, nō reira ka honoa ngā pourewa e toru kia tū hei tohu whenua, kaua ko tētahi pourewa teitei kotahi anake. Kei roto i ngā pourewa tētahi whare tari me ngā whare noho e rua, kua whakaraupapatia i te taha o te awa, ā, ka honoa i te rangi mā tētahi papa tiritahi me te whare hākinakina, te pae pukapuka me tētahi whare kiriata iti. He whare tari māra e toru ngā papa e whakawātea ana i te whare ki te tiriti.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Hiriwa
Ko Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Headquarters Complex Primary Function: Whare Matua Whakamahinga Whakauru he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.
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
Image #2: AICO
Image #3: AICO
Image #4: AICO
Image #5: AICO
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