Golden A' Design Award Winner 2021
Scanning this architectural visualization from background to foreground, listeners encounter a composition depicting a tall slender office tower rising through layers of surrounding buildings into a pale luminous sky, the sky occupies the upper third of the image rendered in soft pearl gray with hints of warmer cream suggesting diffused daylight filtered through humid atmospheric haze, flanking the central tower and receding into this misty atmosphere stand multiple high-rise buildings rendered in cool blue-grays and steel tones their surfaces catching subtle reflections that suggest glass curtain wall construction, these surrounding towers create a canyon effect framing the central subject which demands attention through its distinctive vertical striping and bands of living greenery, the featured tower rises from bottom center climbing the full height of the image its form characterized by white or silvered vertical fins arranged in tight rhythmic repetition creating a textured surface that might feel like running fingers across a fine-toothed comb, interrupting this vertical rhythm at approximately five intervals ascending the tower are horizontal bands of fresh green vegetation suggesting terraces planted with trees and cascading plants, these green zones provide visual relief like cool oases breaking the mineral geometry, their colors ranging from bright spring green to deeper emerald, the tower's silhouette steps back at intervals creating stacked box forms connected by these vegetated platforms, at the crown the fins terminate in serrated points against the sky like a subtle crown or crenellation, descending to ground level the tower base opens onto a public plaza where tiny human figures perhaps fifty to one hundred individuals move and gather, their small scale emphasizing the building's monumental height, trees with rounded canopies in fresh green cluster at the plaza edges providing shade, the overall atmosphere feels humid and luminous with soft diffused light creating gentle shadows and atmospheric depth.
The design brief is a 54970sqm commercial complex comprising one 150m high rise tower and ancillary retail podium. It locates in Nanshan District in Shenzhen City, China. The program of the headquarters includes office, retail. The client envisions the project not only to be an iconic landmark but also a cultural multi-level communal space of this region which is in line with Client's Corporation, leading tech company advocating the concept of openness, cooperation and sharing.