GMP Wins Competition for Shenzhen Bay "Culture Tower"
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Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has won an international competition for the design of a new tower complex in Shenzhen?s ?Super Bay City? business district. Consisting of three distinct blocks linked at the base, the primary tower of the Hengli International Building rises 250 meters to become an impressive landmark and a cultural destination for the new business district.
View from north. Image © gmp Architects
Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has won an international competition for the design of a new tower complex in Shenzhen?s ?Super Bay City? business district. Consisting of three distinct blocks linked at the base, the primary tower of the Hengli International Building rises 250 meters to become an impressive landmark and a cultural destination for the new business district.Located in Shenzhen Bay, to the west of the Chinese megacity, the urban masterplan containing the GMP scheme seeks to become a ?high-density urban development with high-rise buildings of up to 600 meters.? Contributing significantly to the area?s skyline, the GMP proposal features three distinct volumes: a 250-meter-high office tower, a 36-meter-high conference center, and an 80-meter-high ?culture tower.? Providing a rhythm to the tower?s verticality, ?sky gardens? have been designed at various levels to be used as public amenity areas on the main tower, and the adjacent conference center and ?culture tower.? Read more »
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View from north. Image © gmp Architects
Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has won an international competition for the design of a new tower complex in Shenzhen?s ?Super Bay City? business district. Consisting of three distinct blocks linked at the base, the primary tower of the Hengli International Building rises 250 meters to become an impressive landmark and a cultural destination for the new business district.Located in Shenzhen Bay, to the west of the Chinese megacity, the urban masterplan containing the GMP scheme seeks to become a ?high-density urban development with high-rise buildings of up to 600 meters.? Contributing significantly to the area?s skyline, the GMP proposal features three distinct volumes: a 250-meter-high office tower, a 36-meter-high conference center, and an 80-meter-high ?culture tower.? Providing a rhythm to the tower?s verticality, ?sky gardens? have been designed at various levels to be used as public amenity areas on the main tower, and the adjacent conference center and ?culture tower.? Read more »
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