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TIANFU SOFTWARE PARK, CHENGDU, CHINA MVRDV
MVRDV has won the competition to design two buildings in the Tianfu Software Park in Chengdu, China including a 150-metre-tall tower that provides the centrepiece of the campus. One corner of the tower is dedicated to a full-height atrium that serves as a key functional element of the building’s climate and ventilation system. Also designed by MVRDV for the campus is a four-storey cultural centre containing an art museum, conference hall, library, and exhibition space.
The project is being developed by Chengdu High-Tech Investment Group, and will be home to companies focused on the development of 5G, AI, big data, Satellite Internet, and other high-tech interests. Located in the southeast of Chengdu, it lies on the boundary between Chengdu’s urban areas and a hilly rural area, which influenced the design. In the office tower, a “finger of greenery” extends upwards to form the atrium, while in the cultural centre, greenery covers the roof.
The office tower is shaped to optimise the efficiency of the floor plates and maximise views of the mountains to the east. The atrium forms a “semi- outdoor space,” said the architect; “it’s open at its base, where “swooping lines gradually merge with a shopping podium,” and is enclosed by a mesh facade, which allows passive cross-ventilation through the mesh and via openable panels in the opposite facades, while reducing solar gain within the office spaces. By shading the terraces, it will help to reduce the cooling requirements of the office spaces, reducing the building’s energy use. The shape of the Culture Centre follows the triangular outline of its site. The different programmes are stacked in a stepped arrangement to form terraces that are oriented towards the park. A green roof of faceted triangular panels cover the terraced interior to create a semi-outdoor atrium space that wraps up and over the interior spaces. At various points on the edges of the roof, the panels are lifted up to form glazed clerestory windows, allowing daylight into the interior. The roof is a small park in itself, equipped with public plazas, a continuous pathway, and green planters that extend the landscape on top of the sloping building.
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