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OCT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, CHINA
ROCCO DESIGN ARCHITECTS Render by ATCHAIN
NEW CITY CULTURE AND ART CENTRE, CHINA ZHA
Zaha Hadid Associates has been announced as winner of the competition to design the New City Culture and Art Centre, located within the Jinghe Bay “academician” science and technology innovation district of Xi’an. The centre’s design “intertwines with the city’s existing urban masterplan” to connect the new multimedia library to the north of Jinghe Avenue with the new performing arts theatre, multi-function halls, studios and exhibition galleries to the south, via elevated courtyards, gardens and paths that span the avenue’s eight lanes of traffic below. Solar radiation analysis and “responsive site planning” optimise the centre’s use of natural ventilation and daylight in the mild, temperate climate of Jinghe New City, said the architects. Incorporating photovoltaic panels for onsite power generation together with rainwater collection, the centre’s construction will prioritise locally- produced materials with a high recycled content, towards the project’s aim of 3-star certification in China’s Green Building programme.
DOCK A, ZURICH AIRPORT, SWITZERLAND
BIG/HOK/10:8 ARCHITECTS
The winning proposal for the largest ‘dock’ at Zurich airport is to be composed predominantly of solid, locally-sourced timber. The new Dock A and adjacent buildings were designed by BIG, HOK, 10:8 architects, engineer Buro Happold, timber experts Pirmin Jung and aviation consultant NACO. Expected to open in a decade, Dock A will include Schengen and Non-Schengen gates, airside retail, lounges, offices, a new air traffic control tower, and an extension of the immigration hall. The ‘Raumfachwerk’ proposal “was the most convincing from a sustainable, operational, and economic point of view, but also from an urban planning and architectural point of view” said Andreas Schmid, chairman of the board of directors of airport managers Flughafen Zürich AG. The long sculptural body of the roof is entirely clad in “solar shingles,” providing power for the building.
Architects RDA have released their design for the second headquarters building for OCT, one of China’s largest real estate and tourism companies. The project is located in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. The architects said that sustainability and “ecological integrations” are core design principles which have been demonstrated, with a vertical garden neighbourhood that “interweaves different uses into a lushly planted hub of activity for the district.” Two towers flank a central void that brings natural ventilation through the entire complex. Floating public spaces cantilevered off the towers offer amenities for residents, guests and office workers, including a “soaring” triple-height, fully glazed exhibition hall, plus a social club, conference centres, and hanging outdoor gardens. The towers give the complex its distinctive H-shaped silhouette.
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