Kaihua County 1101 project and city archives is the project, that respect the characteristics of the location as the design starting point, put forward the folding platform and floating box as design concept, cleverly solved the problems like functional sub-areas, traffic streamlines, cost control, structural rationality and other effects factors, achieve a building compatible with the surrounding environment.

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Architects: The Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University

Location: Feng Huang Shan Road, Kaihua, Quzhou, Zhejiang, China

Architects In Charge: Xuzhuang Fan, Minghua Shi, Kai Zhu

Design Team: Jin Shen, Zhengfen Jin, Lei Ding, Zhoujie Chen, Wenzheng Yang, Chunting Shao, Bin Jiang
Area: 9300.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Qiang Zhao - Yifan Zhou

Client: Kaihua County construction Bureau, Kaihua County People's Air Defense Office

Southwest Aerial view. Image © Qiang Zhao - Yifan Zhou

From the architect. Kaihua County 1101 project and city archives is the project, that respect the characteristics of the location as the design starting point, put forward the folding platform and floating box as design concept, cleverly solved the problems like functional sub-areas, traffic streamlines, cost control, structural rationality and other effects factors, achieve a building compatible with the surrounding environment....