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Galaxy Soho awarded twice for design excellence in China
United Kingdom Architecture News - Dec 08, 2014 - 10:29 15007 views
Galaxy SOHO awarded by the Architectural Society of China and wins 2014 CIAD 'Best Public Space'
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The Architectural Society of China has awarded Galaxy SOHO, Beijing with the Silver China Architectural Society Creation (CASC) Award 2014.
The CASC Awards are the highest honour for architecture in China, and awarded biannually by the Architectural Society of China to projects that raise standards of architectural creation, including aspects of social, economic and environmental improvement, as well as the development and application of new technologies.
Galaxy SOHO was also named ‘Best Public Space’ at the 2014 China Interior Design Awards.
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The Galaxy SOHO project in central Beijing for SOHO China is a 330 000m2 office, retail and entertainment complex that will become an integral part of the living city, inspired by the grand scale of Beijing. Its architecture is a composition of four continuous, flowing volumes that are set apart, fused or linked by stretched bridges. These volumes adapt to each other in all directions, generating a panoramic architecture without corners or abrupt transitions that break the fluidity of its formal composition.
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The great interior courts of the project are a reflection of traditional Chinese architecture where courtyards create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, the architecture is no longer composed of rigid blocks, but instead comprised of volumes which coalesce to create a world of continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between each building. Shifting plateaus within the design impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment. As users enter deeper into the building, they discover intimate spaces that follow the same coherent formal logic of continuous curvelinearity.
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The lower three levels of Galaxy SOHO house public facilities for retail and entertainment. The levels immediately above provide work spaces for clusters of innovative businesses. The top of the building is dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafés that offer views along one of the greatest avenues of the city. These different functions are interconnected through intimate interiors that are always linked with the city, helping to establish Galaxy SOHO as a major urban landmark for Beijing.
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Project Facts
Design:Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Architect:Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Director, Associate:Satoshi Ohashi
Associate:Cristiano Ceccato
Project Architect:Yoshi Uchiyama
Project Team:Kelly Lee,Rita Lee,Eugene Leung,Lillie Liu,Rolando Rodriguez-Leal Seung-ho Yeo,(DD Phase),Dorian Bybee,Michael Grau,Shu Hashimoto Shao-Wei Huang Chikara Inamura,Lydia Kim,Christoph Klemmt Yasuko Kobayashi Raymond Lau Wang Lin,Yereem Park,Tao Wen Stephan Wurster (SDPhase) Samer Chamoun Michael Hill,Tom Wuenschmann Shuojiong Zhang
Competition Team:DaeWha Kang (Lead Designer),Monika Bilska Elizabeth Bishop Diogo Brito,Brian Dale,Kent Gould,Jwalant Mahadevwala Michael Powers Vignesh Ramaraju
Local Design Institute:BIAD Beijing Institute of Architecture & Design
Consultants
Lighting:LIGHTDESIGN
Contractor:China Construction First Building (Group) Corporation Ltd
Plot area:46,965 m2
Total Floor Area:332,857 m2
Above Ground:4 Towers 15 Floors (12 Office Floors and 3 Retail Floors)
Max Height:67 meters
Below Ground:B1 Floor Retail and B2 & B3 Parking (1275 cars), MEP
Retail Floors:B1F,1F,2F,3F (90,000 m2)
Materials Exterior:3mm Aluminium Exterior Cladding, Insulated Glass, Stone
Materials Interiors:Glass, Terrazzo, GRG, Tile Stainless Steel, Gypsum Board Painted
Structure:Concrete Construction (8.4m spans)
Floor to Floor Heights:Retail floors 5.4m, office floors 3.5m
Landscape:Stone, Glass, Stainless Steel
Exterior Furniture:Stone, FRP
LEED Rating:Silver
Construction Period:2009 - 2012 (30 months)
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