CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心 by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

银建筑· 2021

CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心

by Aico

Client: CR Land

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心

华润置地庐阳万象汇是位于中国合肥的一座购物中心。建筑总建筑面积为76,115平方米，容纳了220余家商户。在75米进深的平面布局内设置了环形商业动线，为顾客提供丰富多变的购物路径。屋顶设有空中运动公园，采用大跨度钢结构建造出悬挑跑道，跑道上方设置透明地面。各层均布置绿化空间，串联室内外区域。主体曲面立面覆以金属格栅。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。CR Land Luyang MiXC 购物中心是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: A series of signature spaces have been created, such as the sky sports park with the first ever cantilevered running track on a shopping mall in mainland China. With a well-designed retail circulation, we fit a horse-track loop inside the 75 m depth of floor plan so we can accommodate more than 220 tenants with a 76,115 sqm GFA, which gives visitors a more diverse shopping experiences. A unique green space is also introduced at every level of the mall to enhance indoor and outdoor connections.
Dimensions & Packaging: Site Area：33,800 m2
Retail: 75,600 m2 ( including 12,700 m2 below grade )
Tags: AICO, CR Land, LuYang, Retail, Sky Sports Park, Running Track, Cantilevered Running Track, shopping destination, Holistic Design, China, Architecture
Production Technology: In order to achieve a clear roof for our “Sky Park”, the design team coordinates with landscape, mechanical and structural engineer to remove all the MEP rooms to the outskirt of the main roof. The “Sky Ring”——a cantilevered running track was also beautifully realized by using large spanned steel structure. On the top of track, fully transparent floor has been implemented to emphasis the extraordinary running experience. A unified metal Fin was covered on the main curved façade, to create a dynamic lighting and shadow affects from different views of the city.
Design Challenge: The project site is along a major city avenue with direct connection to metro station. However, the local competition from other shopping centers is fierce. How to make this medium sized project stand out has become the challenge for us.
Research: The project locates in a newly emerging high-end residential area of Hefei, the capital of Anhui province. On the one hand, the surrounding residents are looking for better life experience; on the other hand, quite amount of excessive shopping malls in Hefei are in poor operation. So rather than design a shopping mall, we want to create a gathering place. Based on the concept of “vertical city gardens”, the project creates unique spaces such as a sky court, a sky runway, a sky swimming pool, a roof garden, and sports parks to create a series of unique, boundless and natural shopping experience in this very brand new era.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from our desire for nature in a busy urban context. We created dialogues with nature on three different aspects. Firstly, we create five gardens on all different levels as a buffer to the city. Secondly, building façade as interpretation of nature creates unique feature for the project. Finally, nature has been extended to the indoor area, to create a unique shopping/walking space with an outdoor experience.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2016 and finished in September 2019.
It's located in Hefei City,China.
Operation Flow: The project is an example of how both our architecture and interior teams are thinking outside the box to adapt to changing consumer behavior, fusing new ideas into projects that promotes wellbeing and provide a relaxed, natural environment.
Team Members: Rudan Ye
Hao Chen
Wenjie Yang
Wei Zhong
Ganjiu Huang
Zhichao Meng
Shendao Li
Shichao Chen
Yuqian Li
Image Credits: Image #1: Arch-Exist
Image #2: Jian Fang
Image #3: Arch-Exist
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Image #5: Arch-Exist