Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发中心 by Zhe Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 建筑与结构设计 Competition Category.

银建筑· 2022

Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发中心

by Zhe Wang

Client: Beijing Sza Architectural Design Consultant

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 建筑 Category

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The Design

About Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发中心

普联(TP-Link)杭州项目是位于中国杭州滨江区高新技术园区内的一座研发中心。这栋十二层建筑集开放式办公区、科研空间、会议室、报告厅、餐厅与咖啡区以及屋顶花园于一体。两栋高度不同的板楼围合出面向主干道的前庭院。两栋板楼之间,由悬索结构与超白夹胶玻璃打造的通透中庭将各楼层串联起来。中庭内设置的盒体与平台,鼓励人们在此相聚与交流。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发中心是 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Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发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。Tp-Link Hangzhou 研发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 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