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Shanghai-based AIA Life Designers defines large-scale civic and mixed-use developments through expressive structural tectonics, integrating carved vertical sky gardens, origami-folded supports, and warm timber soffits beneath cantilevered concrete masses. This portfolio provides a strong reference when designing high-volume public atriums and concourses that require balancing heavy structural junctions with diffused night lighting and multi-level green pockets.

Aerial view of a terraced tiered complex with extensive green roofs and glass towers by AIA Life Designers.

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上海

An aerial rendering precedent showing a large-scale terraced green podium integrating multi-level planting with high-rise glass tower blocks.

What we like about this project
A carved-out void in the upper tower reveals an interior suspended green pocket garden.

Materials

  • glass
  • concrete
  • planting
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • terraced-podium
  • green-roofs
  • glass-towers
  • cascading-planting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • eco-futurist
  • high-density
  • biophilic

Visual tags

  • mixed-use
  • high-rise
  • terraced
  • green-architecture
  • urban-podium
Geometry
Multi-tiered podium with planted cascading facades steps up into twin high-rise glass towers featuring undulating horizontal louvers or fritted glazing.
Facade system
Fritted glass curtain wall for towers combined with heavily planted concrete retaining and planter walls at the podium level.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete podium structure supporting steel and concrete composite high-rise towers.
Spatial scale
Massive multi-block development scale, dominating the hillside topography.
Lighting
Bright afternoon light with directional sun casting shadows across the multi-level terraces.
Atmosphere
Vibrant and dense, balancing heavy urban massing with lush vertical landscaping.
Environmental context
Sloped urban site surrounded by dense hillside developments and mature trees.
Spatial experience
The view looks down upon a terraced landscape sitting atop a massive parking or commercial podium, transitioning smoothly from stepped green roofs to towering glazed volumes.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stratification of planted terraces contrasted against the vertical fin-like rhythm of the upper glass towers.
Style reading
Contemporary eco-futurist mixed-use architecture
Program
Commercial and residential mixed-use development with parking podium
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, concrete, planting, steel
Visual identifiers
terraced-podium, green-roofs, glass-towers, cascading-planting
Style tags
contemporary, eco-futurist, high-density, biophilic
Visual tags
mixed-use, high-rise, terraced, green-architecture, urban-podium
Geometry
Multi-tiered podium with planted cascading facades steps up into twin high-rise glass towers featuring undulating horizontal louvers or fritted glazing.
Facade system
Fritted glass curtain wall for towers combined with heavily planted concrete retaining and planter walls at the podium level.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete podium structure supporting steel and concrete composite high-rise towers.
Spatial scale
Massive multi-block development scale, dominating the hillside topography.
Lighting
Bright afternoon light with directional sun casting shadows across the multi-level terraces.
Atmosphere
Vibrant and dense, balancing heavy urban massing with lush vertical landscaping.
Environmental context
Sloped urban site surrounded by dense hillside developments and mature trees.
Spatial experience
The view looks down upon a terraced landscape sitting atop a massive parking or commercial podium, transitioning smoothly from stepped green roofs to towering glazed volumes.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stratification of planted terraces contrasted against the vertical fin-like rhythm of the upper glass towers.
Style reading
Contemporary eco-futurist mixed-use architecture
Program
Commercial and residential mixed-use development with parking podium
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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Aerial view of a terraced tiered complex with extensive green roofs and glass towers by AIA Life Designers.

图片2-ztf

上海

An aerial rendering precedent showing a large-scale terraced green podium integrating multi-level planting with high-rise glass tower blocks.

What we like about this project
A carved-out void in the upper tower reveals an interior suspended green pocket garden.

Materials

  • glass
  • concrete
  • planting
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • terraced-podium
  • green-roofs
  • glass-towers
  • cascading-planting

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • eco-futurist
  • high-density
  • biophilic

Visual tags

  • mixed-use
  • high-rise
  • terraced
  • green-architecture
  • urban-podium
Geometry
Multi-tiered podium with planted cascading facades steps up into twin high-rise glass towers featuring undulating horizontal louvers or fritted glazing.
Facade system
Fritted glass curtain wall for towers combined with heavily planted concrete retaining and planter walls at the podium level.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete podium structure supporting steel and concrete composite high-rise towers.
Spatial scale
Massive multi-block development scale, dominating the hillside topography.
Lighting
Bright afternoon light with directional sun casting shadows across the multi-level terraces.
Atmosphere
Vibrant and dense, balancing heavy urban massing with lush vertical landscaping.
Environmental context
Sloped urban site surrounded by dense hillside developments and mature trees.
Spatial experience
The view looks down upon a terraced landscape sitting atop a massive parking or commercial podium, transitioning smoothly from stepped green roofs to towering glazed volumes.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stratification of planted terraces contrasted against the vertical fin-like rhythm of the upper glass towers.
Style reading
Contemporary eco-futurist mixed-use architecture
Program
Commercial and residential mixed-use development with parking podium
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
glass, concrete, planting, steel
Visual identifiers
terraced-podium, green-roofs, glass-towers, cascading-planting
Style tags
contemporary, eco-futurist, high-density, biophilic
Visual tags
mixed-use, high-rise, terraced, green-architecture, urban-podium
Geometry
Multi-tiered podium with planted cascading facades steps up into twin high-rise glass towers featuring undulating horizontal louvers or fritted glazing.
Facade system
Fritted glass curtain wall for towers combined with heavily planted concrete retaining and planter walls at the podium level.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete podium structure supporting steel and concrete composite high-rise towers.
Spatial scale
Massive multi-block development scale, dominating the hillside topography.
Lighting
Bright afternoon light with directional sun casting shadows across the multi-level terraces.
Atmosphere
Vibrant and dense, balancing heavy urban massing with lush vertical landscaping.
Environmental context
Sloped urban site surrounded by dense hillside developments and mature trees.
Spatial experience
The view looks down upon a terraced landscape sitting atop a massive parking or commercial podium, transitioning smoothly from stepped green roofs to towering glazed volumes.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal stratification of planted terraces contrasted against the vertical fin-like rhythm of the upper glass towers.
Style reading
Contemporary eco-futurist mixed-use architecture
Program
Commercial and residential mixed-use development with parking podium
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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