super-headquarter-
深圳
A master planning precedent by QUAD Studio showcasing an integrated mega-tall tower complex and terraced waterfront parkland in Shenzhen.
- What we like about this project
- The integrated bridge directly pierces the terraced landscape podium to form the primary gateway axis.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- mega-tall-tower
- waterfront-peninsula
- axial-bridge
- terraced-podium
Style tags
- futuristic
- mega-scale
- contemporary
- masterplan
Visual tags
- masterplan
- mega-structure
- waterfront
- urban-design
- high-rise
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Symmetrical waterfront peninsula master plan anchored by a towering central mega-structure with segmented vertical masses and surrounding high-rises.
- Facade system
- Curved unitized glass curtain wall with vertical fins and segmented horizontal recessed reveals.
- Structural guess
- Mega-frame structural system with outrigger trusses supporting segmented super-tall volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Colossal regional scale; mega-tall skyscrapers towering above a expansive multi-level public waterfront park.
- Lighting
- Soft dusk or overcast daylight casting even illumination across the podium and subtle highlights on the curved glass skyscraper facades.
- Atmosphere
- Grand and visionary, blending monumental verticality with expansive public waterfront landscape.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting on a peninsula surrounded by water, dense city skyscrapers in the background, and terraced parkland at the base.
- Spatial experience
- A grand central approach via an axial bridge leads from the water across a terraced podium park directly into the primary super-tall tower base.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong central axial symmetry with rising vertical tiers culminating in the dominant central spire.
- Style reading
- Futuristic mega-scale urbanism
- Program
- Mixed-use urban headquarters and public waterfront park
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- mega-tall-tower, waterfront-peninsula, axial-bridge, terraced-podium
- Style tags
- futuristic, mega-scale, contemporary, masterplan
- Visual tags
- masterplan, mega-structure, waterfront, urban-design, high-rise, public-realm
- Geometry
- Symmetrical waterfront peninsula master plan anchored by a towering central mega-structure with segmented vertical masses and surrounding high-rises.
- Facade system
- Curved unitized glass curtain wall with vertical fins and segmented horizontal recessed reveals.
- Structural guess
- Mega-frame structural system with outrigger trusses supporting segmented super-tall volumes.
- Spatial scale
- Colossal regional scale; mega-tall skyscrapers towering above a expansive multi-level public waterfront park.
- Lighting
- Soft dusk or overcast daylight casting even illumination across the podium and subtle highlights on the curved glass skyscraper facades.
- Atmosphere
- Grand and visionary, blending monumental verticality with expansive public waterfront landscape.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront setting on a peninsula surrounded by water, dense city skyscrapers in the background, and terraced parkland at the base.
- Spatial experience
- A grand central approach via an axial bridge leads from the water across a terraced podium park directly into the primary super-tall tower base.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong central axial symmetry with rising vertical tiers culminating in the dominant central spire.
- Style reading
- Futuristic mega-scale urbanism
- Program
- Mixed-use urban headquarters and public waterfront park
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture