SHAN-SHUI HANGZHOU
Hangzhou, China, November 2009
PROGRAM: mixed use: cultural/expo, residential, offices, hotel, retails, restaurants, cafes
CLIENT: Hangzhou Urban Planning Documentation Center
BUILDING AREA (SQUARE): 275,000 sm
STATUS: competition first prize
A vertical gathering of the overall "bow tie" plan into a Water and Mountain tower alludes to the spirit of Hangzhou. From this central position in the large site, one tower branches towards tributary forms approaching the Oxygen sector while the other branches toward landscape forms at the Boiler sector.
There are six large-scale elements which hover between landform and architecture. The new elements intersect and transform the existing factory buildings; invigorating them with new programs.
Hangzhou, China, November 2009
PROGRAM: mixed use: cultural/expo, residential, offices, hotel, retails, restaurants, cafes
CLIENT: Hangzhou Urban Planning Documentation Center
BUILDING AREA (SQUARE): 275,000 sm
STATUS: competition first prize
A vertical gathering of the overall "bow tie" plan into a Water and Mountain tower alludes to the spirit of Hangzhou. From this central position in the large site, one tower branches towards tributary forms approaching the Oxygen sector while the other branches toward landscape forms at the Boiler sector.
There are six large-scale elements which hover between landform and architecture. The new elements intersect and transform the existing factory buildings; invigorating them with new programs.
"Architect Steven Holl might not have nabbed this year's Pritzker Prize, but he is on a winning streak nonetheless. Last fall, he won an international competition to design a new building at the Glasgow School of Art, alongside Charles Rennie Mackintosh's masterpiece. More recently , he was victorious in two competitions: one for a campus building in Iowa, the other a master plan for an industrial section of Hangzhou, China."
-C.J. Hughes, Architectural Record
-C.J. Hughes, Architectural Record
CREDITS
architect
– Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl, Li Hu (design architect)
Li Hu (partner in charge)
Garrick Ambrose, Human Tieliu Wu, Lan Wu (project architect)
Francesco Bartolozzi, Guanlan Cao, Rychiee Espinosa, Nathalie Frankowski, Kelvin Jia, Fiorenza Matteoni, Lautaro Pereyra, Filipe Taboada, Asami Takahashi, Dimitra Tsachrelia (project team)
young architect pavilions
– Francois Roche
Michael Bell, Peter Lynch, MOS, Francois Roche
graphic consultant
– Lisa Maione
Lisa Maione
architect
– Steven Holl Architects
Steven Holl, Li Hu (design architect)
Li Hu (partner in charge)
Garrick Ambrose, Human Tieliu Wu, Lan Wu (project architect)
Francesco Bartolozzi, Guanlan Cao, Rychiee Espinosa, Nathalie Frankowski, Kelvin Jia, Fiorenza Matteoni, Lautaro Pereyra, Filipe Taboada, Asami Takahashi, Dimitra Tsachrelia (project team)
young architect pavilions
– Francois Roche
Michael Bell, Peter Lynch, MOS, Francois Roche
graphic consultant
– Lisa Maione
Lisa Maione