CHONGQING DANZISHI ZHONGXUN TIMES Chongqing, China
2014.04
10 DESIGN Creates a Vibrant Central Business District, Danzishi in Chongqing
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This mixed use office and retail development sits centrally within the new Danzishi Central Head Quarters in Chongqing, that sits on the banks of the Yangtze River. The brief was to create an interactive retail environment that would interact and reflect with the rich topography that Chongqing is renowned for. The site set many challenges with a level difference of some 10m across such a narrow site and has to cater for multiple level pedestrian access point from elevated walkways interconnecting with adjacent developments and the Light Rail Station.
through the external skin of the façade or through the central retail atria. These undulating shells accommodate either LED screens, planting or elevated retail walkways so the whole façade is activated rather than the traditional ”black box” retail podium that is only activated on the ground floor.
The sensuous form of the podium was driven by the analysis of these various pedestrian flows through the site rather than a purely formal gesture. The layered external shells scoop up and direct pedestrian traffic up 3
The external shell wraps within itself at key points to lead pedestrians into a central 4 storey high retail atrium. This atrium connects sunken gardens basement retail connections to adjacent plots up to a semi enclosed garden terrace F+B deck that looks out towards the river. The simple form of the tower contrast with the rich groundscape with the triangular form of the tower derived by maximizing the view corridors leading to the river through the adjacent towers.
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Project : Zhongxun Times Location : Chongqing, China
GFA : 130,000 sqm Retail : 35,000 sqm Function : Office, food & beverage, retail ClientďźšZhongXun Group
Architectural Team Design Partner: Gordon Affleck
Team: Gordon Affleck, Brian Fok, Jamie Webb, Ryan Leong, Nigel Height, Frisly Morales, Jason Easter, Lukasz Wawrzenczyk, Colin Aston, Francisco Fajardo, Mike Kwok, Dan Narita, Caterina Choi, Laura Rusconi Clerici, Kevis Wong CGI Team Shane Dale, Jon Martin, Yasser Salomon, Miguel Vicente
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