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Galaxy Soho : Beijing Architecture

Contemporary Building in China - design by Zaha Hadid Architects

11 Apr 2013 Galaxy Soho News Shortlisted for Design Museum Awards New Images Added: images : Hufton and Crow images : Hufton and Crow images : Hufton and Crow Design Museum Award 2013 : shortlisted for the Architecture category The Design Museum announces the seven category winners for the annual Designs of the Year Awards. The awards celebrate the best of international design from the last 12 months. The overall winner for the Design of The Year 2013 will be announced on Wednesday 16 April. 30 Oct 2012 Galaxy Soho Beijing Design: Zaha Hadid Architects Galaxy Soho Project Zaha Hadid joined Soho China's Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi, with 15,000 guests from China and around the world, to celebrate the completion of Galaxy Soho, Beijing. image : Iwan Baan image : Iwan Baan "Working on Galaxy for Soho China was very exciting. The design responds to the varied contextual relationships and dynamic conditions of Beijing. We have created a variety of public spaces that directly engage with the city; reinterpreting the traditional urban fabric and contemporary living patterns into a seamless urban landscape inspired by nature," explains Hadid. "The natural rhythms and flows of the city, of the environment and of the people have been integrated within the design to define its formal composition." images : Iwan Baan Located in Chaoyangmen, central Beijing, Galaxy Soho is an ensemble of 4 building volumes which coalesce and fuse, pull apart and connect, via bridges and plateaus; creating a world of fluidity and movement within. The 330,000 m2 mixed-use development over 18 floors (15 floors above ground, 3 floors below), provides retail units around the central 'canyon' and courtyards on its four lower levels, with office units occupying levels 4-15. images : Iwan Baan Access, circulation and sun-path movements have informed the design, allowing natural light to penetrate deep into the site and surrounding neighbourhoods. With its inclusive, organic design incorporating innovative public spaces, all available units in Galaxy Soho were sold in 2011. Zaha Hadid Architects continue to develop the Wangjing (Beijing) and Sky (Shanghai) projects for Soho China. images : Iwan Baan Galaxy Soho Project Beijing - Building Information Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects Project Director: Satoshi Ohashi Associate: Cristiano Ceccato Project Architect: Yoshi Uchiyama 27 Oct 2012 Galaxy Soho Building images : Iwan Baan This major project by London-based Zaha Hadid Archietcts will be 'launched' today. Following on from the critically-acclaimed Guangzhou Opera House by Zaha Hadid this will be the practice's next major building in China. The studio is also working on Hongqiao Soho in Shanghai images courtesy Soho China The Galaxy Soho project in central Beijing for SoHo China is a 330 000m2 office, retail and entertainment complex that will become an integral part of the living city, inspired by the grand scale of Beijing. Its architecture is a composition of five continuous, flowing volumes that are set apart, fused or linked by stretched bridges. These volumes adapt to each other in all directions, generating a panoramic architecture without corners or abrupt transitions that break the fluidity of its formal composition. 6 Jun 2011 Galaxy Soho Building Beijing Design: Zaha Hadid Architects Galaxy Soho Development The great interior courts of the project are a reflection of traditional Chinese architecture where courtyards create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, the architecture is no longer composed of rigid blocks, but instead comprised of volumes which coalesce to create a world of continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between each building. Shifting plateaus within the design impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment. As users enter deeper into the building, they discover intimate spaces that follow the same coherent formal logic of continuous curvelinearity. The lower three levels of Galaxy Soho house public facilities for retail and entertainment. The levels immediately above provide work spaces for clusters of innovative businesses. The top of the building is dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafés that offer views along one of the greatest avenues of the city. These different functions are interconnected through intimate interiors that are always linked with the city, helping to establish Galaxy Soho as a major urban landmark for Beijing. Galaxy Soho Beijing Design - Building Information Design date: 2011 Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects Location: central Beijing Client: SoHo China Project Team: Stephan Wurster, Michael Hill, Samer Chamoun, Eugene Leung, Rita Lee, Lillie Liu, Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Wen Tao, Tom Wuenschmann, Seung-ho Yeo, Shuojiong Zhang, Michael Grau, Shu Hashimoto, Shao-Wei Huang, Chikara Inamura, Lydia Kim, Yasuko Kobayashi, Wang Lin, Yereem Park Local Design Institute: BIAD Beijing Institute of Architecture & Design Plot area: 46,965 m2 Total Floor Area: 332,857 m2 Above Ground: 4 Towers 15 Floors (12 Office Floors and 3 Retail Floors) Max Height: 67 meters Below Ground: B1 Floor Retail and B2, B3 Parking (1275 cars), MEP Retail Floors: B1F,1F,2F,3F (90,000 m2) Materials Skin: 3mm Aluminium Exterior Cladding, Insulated Glass, Stone Materials Interiors: Glass, Terrazzo, GRG, Stainless Steel, Gypsum Board Painted Structure: Standard Concrete Structure (8.4m spans) Floor to Floor Heights: Retail floors 5.4m, office floors 3.5m Galaxy Soho Beijing images / information from Zaha Hadid Architects Galaxy Soho Beijing architect : Zaha Hadid

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