RLP_Beijing-K11
上海 / 深圳 / 广州
A commercial architecture precedent featuring a transparent multi-level retail podium and a disciplined vertical fin tower system by Ronald Lu & Partners.
- What we like about this project
- Curved transparent corner softens the massive base volume where it meets the street.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-glazing
- vertical-fins
- transparent-podium
- setback-tower
Style tags
- contemporary
- commercial
- corporate
Visual tags
- commercial
- retail-podium
- mixed-use
- urban-facade
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story rectangular podium with curved corner glazing, supporting a taller setback tower volume with vertical fin cladding and an offset solid core.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical sunshade fins on the tower and large-format structural glass on the podium.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and composite floor decks.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex; multi-story podium relates to street width while tower commands the district skyline.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft, even illumination with subtle reflections across the extensive glass facades.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, luminous, and commercially active urban atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with multi-lane roadway, vehicular traffic, and neighboring urban context.
- Spatial experience
- The street elevation presents a transparent, welcoming retail base that contrasts with the heavier, structured upper tower volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fin spacing establishes a consistent rhythmic cadence across the upper tower volume.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail and office complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- curved-corner-glazing, vertical-fins, transparent-podium, setback-tower
- Style tags
- contemporary, commercial, corporate
- Visual tags
- commercial, retail-podium, mixed-use, urban-facade, contemporary
- Geometry
- Multi-story rectangular podium with curved corner glazing, supporting a taller setback tower volume with vertical fin cladding and an offset solid core.
- Facade system
- Unitized glass curtain wall with vertical sunshade fins on the tower and large-format structural glass on the podium.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame superstructure with concrete core and composite floor decks.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale commercial complex; multi-story podium relates to street width while tower commands the district skyline.
- Lighting
- Overcast daylight casting soft, even illumination with subtle reflections across the extensive glass facades.
- Atmosphere
- Clean, luminous, and commercially active urban atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Urban street edge with multi-lane roadway, vehicular traffic, and neighboring urban context.
- Spatial experience
- The street elevation presents a transparent, welcoming retail base that contrasts with the heavier, structured upper tower volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical fin spacing establishes a consistent rhythmic cadence across the upper tower volume.
- Style reading
- Contemporary commercial high-rise architecture
- Program
- Commercial retail and office complex
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture