The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम् by United Units Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः in स्थापत्य, भवन एवं संरचना अभिकल्पना Competition Category.
रजतम्स्थापत्यम्· 2023
The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम्
Client: United Units Architects
A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः Winner in स्थापत्यम् Category
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The Design
About The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम्
एक्सोटावर्स द्वाभ्यां शिखराभ्यां समन्विता सप्ततिमीटरोच्चकेन्द्रीयकाचालिन्देन सम्बद्धा च। रुइफेङ्ग-बैङ्कस्य आङ्कीयवित्तकेन्द्ररूपेण इदं भवनं बाह्यसंरचनाप्रणालीं विनियुङ्क्ते येन सामान्यतलस्य स्तम्भसङ्ख्या महती न्यूनीक्रियते, विस्तीर्णानि मुक्तानि च कार्यालयस्थानानि सृज्यन्ते, यत् नवीनैः आङ्कीयचुनौतीभिः आनीतेषु बैङ्किङ्गव्यवसायसमायोजनेषु कार्यात्मकविन्यासस्य सततं लचीलविभाजनम् अनुमन्यते। अतः एक्सोटावर्स स्वस्य स्थापत्यभाषां तस्मात् रीत्या प्रादुर्भावयति येन स्थानं संरचना च सम्पूर्णतया एकीकृतौ भवतः।
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारः
The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम् A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारस्य विजेता अस्ति; अयम् अत्यसाधारणतया प्रतिष्ठितः सम्मानः सर्वोच्चश्रेणीयेभ्यः सुन्दरेभ्यः प्रभावशालिभ्यश्चाभिकल्पेभ्यो दीयते। रजतविजेतारोऽतितेजस्विन्योऽत्यन्तं सृजनशीलाश्च कृतयः सन्ति, ताः स्वाभिकल्पकानाम् उत्कृष्टां विशेषज्ञतां प्रतिभां सूक्ष्मप्रज्ञां च प्रदर्शयन्ति। The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम् अद्भुतं प्रदर्शनीयं कार्यम् उल्लेखनीयतया व्यावसायिकं गम्भीरनवोन्मेषयुक्तं च भविष्यतीति प्रत्याशा क्रियते। A' Design Award रजतपुरस्कारं जितवद् एतद् अभिकल्पकार्यम् अतीवोल्लेखनीयः प्रशंसित आविष्कारोऽस्ति, यो लाभं ददाति कलाया विज्ञानस्याभिकल्पस्य प्रौद्योगिक्याश्च सीमा विस्तारयति च। The Exo Towers कार्यालयभवनम् बहुभिरीर्ष्यमाणा सृष्टिरस्ति, या कामना उद्बोधयति, सकारात्मकभावान् आनयति, विस्मयस्य आश्चर्यस्य च स्फुलिङ्गान् प्रज्वालयति।
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Exo Towers is comprised of two towers and linked together by a 70m-high central glazed atrium. As the digital finance center of the Bank of Ruifeng, the building utilizes an external structural system that greatly reduces the number of columns of the typical floor, creating large and open office space, allowing for the ongoing flexible division of functional layout to cope with the banking business adjustments brought on by new digital challenges. The Exo Towers therefore derives its architectural language from the manner in which the space and structure are completely integrated.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Having a gross floor area of 74,000 m2, the Exo Towers is comprised of two towers, being 15-storey (94m) and 21-storey(121m) high respectively, and linked together by a 70m-high central glazed atrium.
- Tags
- Headquarters, Bank, Office, Towers, Hi-Tech, Atrium, Structure, Cable-Net Facade, Sky Bridges, Sky Gardens
- Production Technology
- The Exo Towers adopts a hybrid system of steel structure and concrete structure. The central concrete core and the external steel frame jointly constitute a supporting system. Rising up from a unified pile and raft foundation, the two towers are connected by two sets of large trusses at the top of the atrium. The external structure is clad with linen patterned stainless steel plate. The main canopy are prefabricated in factories and bolted on the site. The cable-net glazing shows an extraordinary transparency and clarity by hiding the anchors and spring assemblies in an ingenious way.
- Design Challenge
- The project team was faced with a number of significant structural challenges, seeing numerous of vertical components not touching the ground combined with diagonal braces. This not only means an increase in the design difficulty and workload, but also requires extra time and effort to apply for an Irregular High-rise Building Review to verify the seismic and fire safety of the building from a technical point of view. Fortunately we had the complete support of the client to follow our original aspiration to design an excellent landmark building with structural authenticity.
- Research
- In order to effectively organize all architectural elements, the Exo Towers adopts an integrated design approach. A 1.5m x 1.5m modular grid system is utilized to regulate the architectural form, position and define the spatial layout, structural form, building envelop and MEP services, facilitating mutually dependent and defined systems. Due to the highly prefabricated design and construction methods, the average number of daily workers on the site was about 80 people, which is a reduction of a third when compared with a conventional construction site of a similar scale.
- Inspiration
- Around the same time as the project began in 2013, the nature of banking underwent a rapid transition, with mobile payments and cashless transactions from Chinese Internet companies becoming the norm. To cope with this rapid change, there was a pressing need for financial institutions to cope with new digital challenges through business adjustment and organizational restructuring. To allow for future changes in working patterns, the design principles of flexibility and versatility were central to the design of the office layout.
- Project Duration
- Located in the central position of Jinghu New District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, the Exo Towers was started in April/2013 and completed in June/2021.
- Operation Flow
- The 70m full-height glazed atrium between the two towers is the spatial core of the whole building. Along the west facade, six sky bridges span between the two towers and enhance the building's horizontal connections. Cloud-shaped sunshades are suspended at the top of the atrium. A full height cable-net glass curtain wall is used for the east facade of the atrium. The atrium spaces are flooded with natural daylight, thus every floor in each tower receives daylight from two directions, outside and inside, considerably enhancing the internal ambience and working conditions.
- Team Members
- Yongzheng Li
Tim Mason
Qizhi Li
Qian Lu
Yanfeng Lyu
Teng Jiang
Liang Xu
Yuan Tian
Jessie Millar - Image Credits
- Photographer / Lian He
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