JDS has just been awarded first prize for their Hangzhou Waves scheme – a
competition entry that called for the design of not one, but two
buildings for the financial district of Hangzhou Xintiandi of Hangzhou,
China. The two sloping volumes offer different exterior expressions
and hold different programmatic entities (a hotel and an office
building); yet, the forms are guided by similar attitudes regarding
sunlight, green roofs, an active ground plane, etc, which immediately
creates a strong relationship between the pair.
More about the winning competition entry after the break.
Placed nearly back-to-back, the buildings seemingly mirror each other as the hotel’s pixelated terraced volumes rise to their highest point around an inner courtyard, and the office building’s sleek profile elegantly slopes down to a more public scale, providing views of the surrounding park and canal.
Placed nearly back-to-back, the buildings seemingly mirror each other as the hotel’s pixelated terraced volumes rise to their highest point around an inner courtyard, and the office building’s sleek profile elegantly slopes down to a more public scale, providing views of the surrounding park and canal.
source : archdaily.com