Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere by Zhe Wang

Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere by Zhe Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza in Igishushanyo cy'Ubwubatsi Competition Category.

IfezaUbwubatsi· 2022

Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere

by Zhe Wang

Client: Beijing Sza Architectural Design Consultant

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza Winner in Ubwubatsi Category

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The Design

About Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere

Tp-Link Hangzhou ni ikigo cy'ubushakashatsi n'iterambere giherereye mu karere k'ikoranabuhanga rihanitse mu Karere ka Binjiang, i Hangzhou, mu Bushinwa. Iki nyubako gifite amagorofa cumi n'abiri gihuza uduce twiza two mu biro dufunguye, ahantu h'ubushakashatsi, ibyumba by'inama, amasomero, uduce twa cantine na kawa, hamwe n'ubusitani buri hejuru y'inyubako. Amabati abiri afite uburebure butandukanye agize ikibuga cy'imbere gitegereye umuhanda munini. Hagati y'ayo mabati, hari ikirongoro kibonerana cyubatswe hakoreshejwe insinga zimanitse hamwe n'ikirahure cyoroheje cyera cyane gihuza amagorofa. Amasanduku n'ibisenge byashyizwe muri iki kirongoro bishishikariza guhura no kuvugana.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza

Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Ifeza, ishimwe ridasanzwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo byo ku rwego rwo hejuru, byiza kandi bikora ku mutima. Abegukanye Ifeza ni ibihangano by'ubuhanga bukomeye kandi bifite guhanga kwinshi, bigaragaza ubuhanga bwimbitse, impano n'ubushishozi bw'ababihanze. Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cy'icyitegererezo, gifite ubunyamwuga bukomeye n'udushya twimbitse. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Ifeza ni igihangano kizwi kandi gishimwa, gifasha kugura imbibi z'ubuhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga. Tp-Link Hangzhou Primary Function: Ikigo cy'Ubushakashatsi n'Iterambere ni igihangano benshi bifuza, gikangura ibyifuzo, gitanga amarangamutima meza kandi gitera igitangaza.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A fast-growing Chinese manufacturer of computer networking products, TP-LINK East China Headquarter in Hangzhou, is a 26700sqm, 12 stories creative office building that offers a mixture of open office area, research and development space, and amenity programs (meeting rooms, lecture halls, canteen and cafe areas, rooftop garden, and etc.) designed to foster collaboration. It is important that the project has a high-tech appearance to respond to its corporate neighbors.
Dimensions & Packaging: Concrete Construction/Concrete Frame system
The enclosure materials, such as curtain wall glass and aluminum, stone cladding are from local manufacture.
Site Area:9861sqm
Gross Area:39556.3 sqm
The above-ground building area is about 26700sqm
Tags: Architecture design, R and D Center, Technology, Garden Office
Production Technology: To achieve a desirable transparent appearance of the atrium and provide a high-quality indoor environment, the atrium curtain wall structure and glass type are chosen carefully. The atrium curtain wall is composed of a suspended-cable structure and ultra-white laminated glass to meet the design goal. The glass on the north and south slab building facades is insulated with higher reflectivity Low-E ratio. In addition, the facade system is designed with vertical aluminum panels with operable windows in-between.
Design Challenge: The Hangzhou TP-LINK R and D Center showcases design practice that highly integrates architectural concepts with a corporate brand. The design team tries to think out of the box regarding future high-tech R and D center space planning and building imagery and build a user-centered R and D Center for the future. To accomplish a building space guiding and inspiring future use, the space planning aims at providing flexibility and efficiency for users.
Research: As a result of meeting the user's needs of interaction, a series of functional boxes, platforms embedded in the atrium encourage encountering and communicating. The design team was successful in creating a unique common area that is highly integrating of transparency, openness, interactivity, and adaptability. The atrium is not simply a container, a physical connection, a visual linkage, it becomes the LINK of team cooperation, the LINK promoting equal, free and open communication.
Inspiration: The design of Hangzhou TP-LINK R and D Center is inspired by the local urban landscape culture of Hangzhou, aiming to create a three-dimensional office garden. Create an informal, low-density natural environment for users to perform personal relaxation, contact, and communication. The exterior of the north and south buildings is solid and concise, while the atrium is transparent and flexible. Let the architectural space no longer be just a static container, but an engine that promotes equal, free and open communication.
Project Duration: The project is located in the high-tech zone of Hangzhou Binjiang District, China.
Design Period: 2014-2017
Completion Time：2020
Operation Flow: This project deliberately gave up constructing the building height up to the height limit as most clients would do for the sake of landmark. Instead, it is comprised of two slabs with different heights and forms a front courtyard facing the main street. The transparent atrium also provides a clear visual connection with the regional arterial road as the urban space axis. Therefore, the project intends to provide a more friendly human-scale frontage and a more welcoming urban interface.
Team Members: Wang,Zhe
Shi,Wei
Su,Ting
Wu, Runze
Jiang,Nan
Ma,Tao
Zhang,Yan
Gao,Huilai
Wang,Bingcong
Image Credits: Photograph：Jin, Weiqi
Video: BEIJING SZA ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTANT