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CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial by Aico

CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Aur in Arquitectura Competition Category.


AurArquitectura· 2021

CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial

by Aico

Client: CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.

A' Design Award d'Aur Winner in Arquitectura Category

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The Design

About CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial

CIFI Plaza Beijing es un centre comercial de proximitat situat dins la zòna d'afars centrala del districte de Fangshan, a Pequin. Lo bastiment es un projècte d'insercion sus un terrenh estreit, que mesura 120 per 36,5 per 41,6 mètres, amb una superfícia totala de construccion de 47788 mètres carrats. La concepcion romp amb l'organizacion tipica estatge per estatge e apond d'espacis publics transversals entre nivèls. D'escalators exteriors suls costats èst e oèst menan al tresen e al segond estatge, formant mantun nivèl d'entrada. Open House, un espaci de gaireben 1000 mètres carrats e de 15 mètres de nautor, es plaçat a l'estatge superior.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Aur

CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur, una reconeissença immensament prestigiosa acordada a de designs de primièra qualitat, meravilhoses e excellents. Los ganhaires de l'Aur son de creacions extrèmament innovantas, visionàrias e esbleugissentas, que reflectisson lo prodigi, la sabença e la proeça de lors designers. S'espèra que CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial siá una invencion fòrça lausada, que dintra de tendéncias e monumentala, que provesís un valor sens precedent. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur es un projècte espectaclós e respectat, que fa un grand ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. CIFI Plaza Beijing Centre Comercial crea de sentiments intensos de desirs, evòca la passion, encoratja la creativitat e fascina.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
CIFI Plaza Beijing is an infill project, located in the core business area of Fangshan District, Beijing. As a community shopping center, the design strives to incorporate social / public spaces into the project, and to provide a community living room for the surrounding neighborhoods.
Dimensions & Packaging
Dimension: 120m x 36.5m x 41.6m
Total Construction Area: 47788sqm
Land Area: 10384sqm
Construction Area Above the Ground: 25960sqm
Retail Area: 25640sqm
Tags
Vertical city, Community living room,Infill project, Multiple Entrance Levels
Design Challenge
The shape of the site is narrow and long, and the maximum footprint of the building is too small for a conventional shopping center. The greatest challenge of the project is to design a reasonable shopping floor plan within such a tight site, and to pull people to reach the higher floor levels.
Research
The research focuses on the innovation of the section. The design breaks away from the traditional floor by floor layout, implants multiple cross-level spaces into the project, creating an interesting vertical city.
Inspiration
As a high-rise, narrow depth shopping center, the project aims to create a three-dimensional city with variable spaces. Starting from the section, the design breaks away from the typical floor by floor layout, creating multiple public highlight spaces and multiple entrance levels above the ground level. Meanwhile, the facade reveals these indoor highlights spaces, allowing maximum interaction between the interior and the urban environment.
Project Duration
The project started in May 2019 and still ongoing.
Location: Beijing,China
Operation Flow
An outdoor cross-level escalator is set up in the east side to reach the third floor, and another outdoor escalator is set up in the west side to reach the second floor, forming the concept of multiple entrance levels. Creating highlight spaces in high levels at the same time, effectively helping people to reach the higher floor levels. Open House, an innovative space of nearly 1000 m2 and 15m high, is implanted on the top floor of the northeast corner. As the largest IP of the project, it brings good publicity to the corner, and effectively activates the business value of the high levels.
Team Members
Jun Zhang,Chong Shen,Li Sun,Kaixuan Wang,Chenxiao Wang
Image Credits
Image #1: AICO
Image #2: AICO
Image #3: AICO
Image #4: AICO
Image #5: AICO

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