Rocco Design Architects selected as jury favorite for CITIC Financial Centre in Shenzhen
By Bustler Editors|
Thursday, Aug 28, 2014
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Rocco Design Architects from Hong Kong was recently selected as the expert jury panel's 1st place for the new CITIC Financial Centre in Shenzhen, China. The building will become the new headquarters for the locally based CITIC Securities Company.
After three selection rounds that were supervised by the Shenzhen Planning Bureau, Rocco Design Architects went up against big-name competitors Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Foster + Partners in the final round of the invited international competition.
CITIC Securities will now enter negotiations with the three top-placed firms to select the final design architect.
Located in the western area of Shenzhen Bay, the project will be the first urban mixed-use complex there.
Take a gander at Rocco Design Architects' proposal below.
Project description:
"The project is located at the western gateway area of Shenzhen Bay flanking a green public space to the west. The programs include offices, conference facilities, hotels and residential apartments."
"Architecturally, the Centre is a response taking conditions of both the city’s development and urban planning into consideration; for instance, requirement of building height, creation of a city interface and public space, inspirations for later architectural designs and attempts of a three-dimensional greenery.
On the other hand, the center seeks to convert the sophisticated content to an interaction between the simple form and space. This provides a versatile spatial framework catered to ever-changing functional needs."
"The complex is consisted of a tower and two slab blocks. The tower is located to the site’s north. The frontal slab block gently slopes downwards to Shenzhen Bay, granting the upper floors of the tower a magnificent harbor view, while the layering edges of the building are posed against the blue sky.
The downward sloping slab blocks outline rooftop green terraces in three varied heights. They connect with the vertical green wall and mid-air garden which become a three-dimensional green belt passing through the site. Along with flanking a lush park, the whole site is endowed with an open greenery view."
Project details:
Designed Year: 2014
Location: Shenzhen Bay, Shenzhen, China
Site Area: 50,770 sq. m
Total G.F.A: 241,000 sq. m
Project Team: Rocco Yim, William Tam, Derrick Tsang, Dennis Chan, Cindy Chan, Cai Jing Hua, Cecilia Cheng, Carmen Lee
Client: CITIC Securities Co., Ltd.
All images courtesy of Rocco Design Architects Limited.
Correction: An earlier version of this article gave the impression that Rocco Design Architects had already been selected as the final design architects. We have been informed that this final decission has yet to be announced.
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