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Gold Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2021

CIFI Plaza Beijing Multifunctional

by Aico

  • A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
  • Awarded April 15, 2021
  • CLIENT: CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 26,902
  • Verification code 93564F7717 · Verify this award
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About CIFI Plaza Beijing Multifunctional

CIFI Plaza Beijing is a community shopping center in the core business area of Fangshan District, Beijing. The building is an infill project on a narrow site, measuring 120 by 36.5 by 41.6 meters, with a total construction area of 47788 square meters. The design breaks away from the typical floor by floor layout and adds cross-level public spaces. Outdoor escalators on the east and west sides reach the third and second floors, forming multiple entrance levels. Open House, a space of nearly 1000 square meters and 15 meters high, is placed on the top floor.

Within the evolving discourse of twenty-first century urban architecture, this visualization of Aico Ltd's CIFI Plaza Beijing Multifunctional exemplifies a contemporary approach to mixed-use development that thoughtfully integrates commercial function with public amenity and environmental consciousness, the design demonstrates sophisticated engagement with the horizontal louvered facade systems that have become a hallmark of sustainable architecture in temperate climates where solar shading and natural ventilation considerations inform aesthetic expression, the strategic placement of living wall installations introduces biophilic elements that soften the architectural mass while contributing to urban ecological systems and suggesting the designers' awareness of emerging research connecting green infrastructure to human wellbeing and urban heat island mitigation, compositionally the building employs a dynamic stacking of volumes that creates visual interest through cantilevers and setbacks while establishing covered outdoor spaces at multiple levels that extend usable area and blur boundaries between interior and exterior realms, the warm yellow sculptural canopy elements that reach toward the public plaza create welcoming gestures that invite pedestrian engagement and establish a memorable visual identity distinguishing this development within its urban context, the rendering itself demonstrates accomplished atmospheric effects with carefully calibrated lighting suggesting late afternoon conditions that imbue the scene with warmth and vitality, mature trees framing the composition connect the new intervention to established landscape context while their organic forms provide necessary contrast to architectural geometry, the populated streetscape with figures of various ages engaging in daily activities speaks to the aspiration of creating genuine public realm rather than merely private commercial space, viewers might consider how such architectural approaches seek to reconcile the economic imperatives of contemporary development with broader responsibilities to urban livability, environmental stewardship, and the creation of places that nurture human flourishing across generations.

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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.
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.
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.
Image Credits
Image #1: AICO
Image #2: AICO
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