CHINA ELECTRONIC CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS
Pelli Clarke & Partners | Program: Commercial | 157,600 m2| Status: Concept
Shenzhen, China | Role: Lead Designer on Podium | December 2019
Located right next the to Vanke Headquarters, Vanke CEC’s concept was to create a playfulness of dancing towers with respect to the existing urban green that would extend vertically, producing an infinite green. The towers were shaped and sculpted in respect to the views of Shenzhen Bay. Masses were also broken down through the creation of portals that cut through the towers, creating observation spaces. Extension of the green would be filled into the cavities of the towers, finally ending at the top stepped terraces for both vegetation and views.
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Sectional Perspective
Adjacent to the CEC Headquarters is Binhai Avenue, the north-south central green axis perpendicular to the east-west Shenzhen Bay coastal area. This green “T’-shaped access, strengthens the east-west urban functional axis, thus forming a strong node near the CEC HQ. Drawing concepts of this original green urban planning, the extension of this park would make its way into the vertical garden of the CEC towers.
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Horizontal connectivity was also important between the four towers. The green urban fabric would make a way around the perimeter of the towers, providing landscaped access and way-finding to amphitheaters and water features around the site. At the bottom of the belled towers are stepped terraces that spill into the podium, providing an extension of the urban fabric. Because the base of the towers are drawn outward to create this cavity, the horizontal vegetation are pulled up from the ground plane along the tower, providing a vertical garden and views from the interior.
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South Podium
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Podium Looking North
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Main Central Key Ring
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Night Perspective