The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture by Tacco Lee

The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture by Tacco Lee is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

KouraRoto Whare· 2020

The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture

by Tacco Lee

Client: Global Kingway Law Firm

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture

Ko Te Pā i Runga i ngā Kapua he tari umanga ture kei te papa rua tekau mā toru o tētahi pourewa i Guangzhou, Haina. E 1800 mita pūrua te rahi o roto, ā, ka titiro atu ki te Awa o Pearl. Ko ngā rauemi ko te kōhatu kikorangi māori, te peita uku mā, ngā papa tira kore-whakapoke he pukoro me te maeneene, te whakaata kikorangi, te rākau me tētahi pūnaha rama angiangi. Mā tētahi āhua pikonga e tohu te tomokanga ki te wāhi mahi, e kawe mai ana i te wairua o te whakahirahira. Ko ngā mata mā me ngā āhua ngaru e whakamaumahara ana ki ngā kapua. Mā te whakatakotoranga e whakaatu te whakaaro o tētahi tirohanga ao whānui e hono ana ki te mātauranga ā-rohe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a The City Over Clouds Tari Umanga Ture i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: When the building that towers into the clouds meets the solemnity of law firm, something magical is expected to happen here. The new office for Global Kingway Law Firm will be situated in the vicinity of Liede Bridge, from which you can enjoy a bird's-eye view of the whole Pearl River New Town.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1800 square meters, about Width 43000 mm x Depth 43000 mm x Height 3000 mm
Tags: Scarpa, Architect, Blue, Stone, White, Corrugated Stainless Steel, Wave, Office, Stairs, Water Drop
Production Technology: Natural Blue Stone, White Ceramic Paint, Corrugated Stainless Steel Plate, Smooth Stainless Steel Plate, Blue Smooth Mirror, Slim Lighting System, Wood.
Design Challenge: The lines cut off by the walls and tread surface, which draws inspiration from Scarpa’s forms for artistic modeling, and symbolizes statute books and the intertwined lines of longitude and latitude, is expressing the key idea and vision of Global Kingway Lay Firm. Standing in this room, when you look up for the lights that could change colors, you can feel the solemnity and the vitality of law.
Research: With such a global vision and a great location, the office, or the law firm, will be standing on the top of the world, as a City over the Clouds that conveys beauty and its unique philosophy, namely being calm and reliable, as well as kind and approachable.
Inspiration: A tribute to Carlo Scarpa (an Italian architect). He pays special attention to the form and ways of using materials, so as to better explore the nature of things on the world, something that is often hidden and obscured, and to express a power that gushes out from the inside. An artwork is supposed to be an integrated form of various elements that coexist harmoniously, elements that bring inspiration by parts of the decoration, and show the nature of things through the details.
Project Duration: Located in 23 Floor, North Tower, Guangbaozhongxin, No.370, Yuejiangxi Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.The project is finished in June, 2019.
Operation Flow: The designer has based this project on the key idea of Global Kingway Law Firm, which is global vision together with local wisdom. This design makes full use of the height of the building towering into the sky, the breath-taking view over the bank of Pearl River, the culture and wisdom of the Pearl River region that lasts for over thousands of years, and presents the ethos of a law firm, expressing both elegance and wisdom.
Patents: Great TAC Design & Consultant Co.Ltd
Team Members: Designing Director: TACCO LEE
Lead Designer: TONY MOK
Assistant Designer: APPLE PAN, ZHILEI LIN
Image Credits: Great TAC Design & Consultant，2019.