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CECEP Shanghai Campus Shanghai, China
PROJECT AT A GLANCE
Classification: Mixed-use Location: Shanghai, China Approx. Project Cost: To Be Announced Approx. Commencement Date: To Be Announced Approx. Completion Date: To Be Announced
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Artist impression: Zaha Hadid Architects to build CECEP's new campus, which sets to become the ‘greenest building’ in Shanghai.
(Source: Zaha Hadid Architects)
CECEP SHANGHAI CAMPUS
Following an international competition, London-based Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to build the new Shanghai campus of China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP), which will utilise renewable energy technologies and recycled materials.
The mixed-use campus will be built in northeast
Shanghai beside the Huangpu River, taking the form of three interlinked towers with leisure facilities and an urban park at its base. The design has been led by Zaha Hadid Architects’ director
Patrik Schumacher and encompasses a number of sustainable features that the studio claims will make it the city's the ‘greenest building’.
DESIGN COMPOSITION
CECEP Shanghai Campus is the winning entry of an international competition held by CECEP, inviting architects to design a home for the company that reflected its ethos and work with renewable energy technologies.
Zaha Hadid Architects' design includes photovoltaic panels and will utilise passive design principles, recycled materials and locally-sourced prefabricated components in its construction to "reduce the project's embodied carbon and also support the local economy.
Though it remains in the design phase, the campus is expected to achieve more than 90 credits in the Three Star Green Building CREDIT LIST
CLIENT: China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) ARCHITECT: Zaha Hadid Architects
Artist impression.
(Source: Zaha Hadid Architects)
Artist impression: The CECEP Shanghai Campus will use 5G network capability to operate intelligent management and biometric security
systems. (Source: Zaha Hadid Architects)
Artist impression: The CECEP Shanghai Campus will have sustainability embedded into every aspect of its design and construction.
(Source: Zaha Hadid Architects) Rating – China's green building evaluation standard – which is the highest score for any building in Shanghai.
The architecture firm explained that the new CECEP campus in Shanghai has been designed to be the greenest building in the city with sustainability embedded into every aspect of its design and construction. "The 2.3-million-square-foot project sets new benchmarks for the city in energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability," said the firm.
“The new project echoes CECEP's commitment to environmental education by creating vital new public spaces for its staff and neighbouring communities to enjoy the natural world."
Passive design and renewable energy play key role
The campus' towers are imagined as a series of interlocking rings that are intended to reduce their visual impact. Their massing was developed by the studio to optimize their orientation and building's façade-to-floor ratios so that passive design principles could be integrated to limit energy consumption.
Thermal mass and external solar shading will be used for heating and cooling in tandem with waste-heat recovery systems. The thermal ice storage will produce ice during the night and then be used for air conditioning the next day – reducing energy demand during peak daytime hours.
Other key sustainable measures in the scheme will include the installation of solar photovoltaics on rooftops and as cladding throughout the campus, which will be connected to battery storage and an on-site micro-grid. Rainwater harvesting will be used to irrigate expansive green spaces and landscaping throughout the scheme.
Prioritizing local and recycled materials
The materiality of the campus is yet to be disclosed, though Zaha Hadid Architects is committed to using recycled materials and prefabricated components in its construction. Prefabricated elements will also be used and these will be manufactured locally in an effort to support the local economy and help to reduce the embodied carbon of the scheme.
As part of the project, Zaha Hadid Architects will also overhaul an existing industrial building on site built in the 1930s. Named the Shanghai Minghua Sugar Plant, the riverside factory will be used as a space to host CEPEC's education and community engagement programmes.
Energy usage optimized by 5G network
CECEP Shanghai Campus will be complete with an intelligent building management system. Reliant on a 5G network, it will automatically monitor and react to changes in internal conditions such as temperature, natural daylight, or the number of occupants to help reduce energy consumption. This system will also incorporate biometric security systems that will allow staff and visitors to enter the building without having to touch potentially contaminated communal surfaces.