KPF Completes the Third-Tallest Building in Shenzhen
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has announced the completion of the third-tallest building in Shenzhen. The China Resources Headquarters, a 400-meter-tall commercial office tower, stitches together retail, residential, and office functions surrounded by 2,000 square meters of public space.
© Tim Griffith
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has announced the completion of the third-tallest building in Shenzhen. The China Resources Headquarters, a 400-meter-tall commercial office tower, stitches together retail, residential, and office functions surrounded by 2,000 square meters of public space.The tower, inspired by the shape of winter bamboo shoots, seeks to ?invigorate Shenzhen?s urban fabric while providing one of the country?s premier companies with a visual icon symbolizing its historic growth and prominent stature.?
The scheme is constructed of a light, stable tube and diagrid structural system, producing a tapered, sculptural form. The system allows for column-free interiors, further expressing the tower?s radial symmetry. As the tower rises, the prefabricated column and steel units rise and converge, from 56 vertical columns at the base to 28 at the top.
© Tim Griffith
The convergence of structural columns forms a series of ?entry portals? at the base, merging at a peak towards the top. At the triangular juncture where the columns meet, faceted glass panels illuminate at night to create a ?jewel-like bril...
© Tim Griffith
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has announced the completion of the third-tallest building in Shenzhen. The China Resources Headquarters, a 400-meter-tall commercial office tower, stitches together retail, residential, and office functions surrounded by 2,000 square meters of public space.The tower, inspired by the shape of winter bamboo shoots, seeks to ?invigorate Shenzhen?s urban fabric while providing one of the country?s premier companies with a visual icon symbolizing its historic growth and prominent stature.?
The scheme is constructed of a light, stable tube and diagrid structural system, producing a tapered, sculptural form. The system allows for column-free interiors, further expressing the tower?s radial symmetry. As the tower rises, the prefabricated column and steel units rise and converge, from 56 vertical columns at the base to 28 at the top.
© Tim Griffith
The convergence of structural columns forms a series of ?entry portals? at the base, merging at a peak towards the top. At the triangular juncture where the columns meet, faceted glass panels illuminate at night to create a ?jewel-like bril...
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