Spacious Building Design by Unstudio

Aug 31st 2010. File Under Architecture

The buildings in the master plan for the International Investment Square in Beijing fall into two distinct categories, low rise buildings and towers. The urban organization utilizes a consistent distribution of buildings in rings of various shapes and sizes, with each building encircling an internal courtyard. The building programmed is distributed over three distinct yet interrelated neighborhoods. Each of these is subdivided again in order to generate a new level of privacy and individuality. A third level is introduced by the semi-public courtyards at the core of the enclosed building blocks. The shapes of the roofs are articulated so as to achieve a harmonious and coherent master plan, as well as ensuring good sun orientation and excellent views for the apartments.

Architects: Unstudio
Project Team: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos, Astrid Piber with Hannes Pfau, Luis Etchegorry, Hans Peter Nuenning and Kristina Madsen, Malaica Cimenti, Junjie Yan, Shi Yang, Veronica Baraldi, Nannang Santoso, Albert Gnodde, Ramon van der Heijden, Jeorg Lonkwitz.
Client: Beijing Guorui Real Estate Development co., ltd.
Development Area Plots 35C1, 35G1
Building surface: 420000 m2
Building volume: 140000 m3
Building site: 118975 m2
Program: Mix-Use: Soho (170000sqm), Office (170000sqm), Business Hotel (30000sqm), Retail (20000sqm), Apartment (30000sqm), Music Hall (5000)
Advisors:
Engineering Consultant: ARUP Shanghai, China; Arup International Consultants (Shanghai)Co., Ltd
Cost Assessment: WT Partner, Beijing China