麓湖生态城W2南区商业建筑设计
上海
An aerial rendering precedent for large-scale commercial mixed-use design, demonstrating the integration of a central circular anchor building with terraced retail blocks and public plazas.
- What we like about this project
- The central circular volume appears to hover above an open multi-level terraced plaza.
Materials
- glass
- metal
- stone
- concrete
- timber-decking
Visual identifiers
- circular-ring-building
- terraced-commercial-blocks
- central-plaza
- green-roofs
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- master-plan
Visual tags
- master-plan
- commercial-complex
- mixed-use
- aerial-view
- urban-design
- podium-retail
- Geometry
- Expansive multi-building commercial complex organized around a central floating circular ring mass and terraced low-rise wings, bounded by major roadways and parkland.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glass with continuous horizontal louver bands on the central ring and glazed storefronts at the podium level.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and concrete podium construction with large-span trusses supporting the circular ring structure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale master plan development spanning multiple city blocks, viewed from an elevated aerial vantage point.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft environmental shadows and mist rising in the background high-rises.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, organized, and lushly integrated with civic green spaces.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or new-district master plan setting adjacent to multistory residential towers and linear park buffers.
- Spatial experience
- From the air, the complex transitions from dense surrounding urban fabric into an open, pedestrian-scaled green plaza surrounding the central ring anchor.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal massing tiers stepped back to emphasize the central floating ring volume.
- Style reading
- Contemporary master-planned commercial complex
- Program
- Commercial retail, dining, and public entertainment complex
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, metal, stone, concrete, timber-decking
- Visual identifiers
- circular-ring-building, terraced-commercial-blocks, central-plaza, green-roofs
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, master-plan
- Visual tags
- master-plan, commercial-complex, mixed-use, aerial-view, urban-design, podium-retail
- Geometry
- Expansive multi-building commercial complex organized around a central floating circular ring mass and terraced low-rise wings, bounded by major roadways and parkland.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glass with continuous horizontal louver bands on the central ring and glazed storefronts at the podium level.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and concrete podium construction with large-span trusses supporting the circular ring structure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale master plan development spanning multiple city blocks, viewed from an elevated aerial vantage point.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft environmental shadows and mist rising in the background high-rises.
- Atmosphere
- Expansive, organized, and lushly integrated with civic green spaces.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or new-district master plan setting adjacent to multistory residential towers and linear park buffers.
- Spatial experience
- From the air, the complex transitions from dense surrounding urban fabric into an open, pedestrian-scaled green plaza surrounding the central ring anchor.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal massing tiers stepped back to emphasize the central floating ring volume.
- Style reading
- Contemporary master-planned commercial complex
- Program
- Commercial retail, dining, and public entertainment complex
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture