TYPE:                        PROPOSAL

TYPOLOGY:              OFFICE

CLIENT:                    SHENZHEN ENERGY GROUP

LOCATION:              SHENZHEN, CHINA

SIZE:                        120000sqm

STATUS:                  COMPLETED

YEAR:                      2009

PARTNER IN CHARGE: Moyang Yang

TEAM: Bo Yin, Weiqi Wang, Ze Qi, Heiming Pan, Yuan Zen, Heng Hu

Our ambition is to create an emblematic building that embodies the global effort to prevent climate change. Those values are presented  through architectural shape as well as prevailing passive environmental strategies, just like if the building was a living organism in nature. it's acts as a manifesto for building a better world .Conceptually we established a new relationship between nature and the workplace, by creating a seamless energy-conscious enclosure which resolves walls and roof into a continuous envelope, a cocoon like envelop. It act as a manifesto, claiming that building should take example on system found in nature to solve basic issues.  The shape is generated by a lofted elliptical plan; the building widens in profile as it rises and tapers towards its apex. This distinctive form responds to the constraints of the site: the building appears more slender and emblematic in the city sky line than a rectangular block of equivalent size. Furthermore, this profile reduces the amount of wind deflected to the ground compared with a rectilinear tower of similar size, helping to maintain pedestrian comfort at street level, and creates external pressure differentials that are exploited to drive a unique system of natural ventilation.