银河SOHO
北京
An aerial dusk precedent showcasing fluid parametric massing, continuous ribbon-like fenestration, and bridged civic canyons by Zaha Hadid Architects.
- What we like about this project
- The absence of sharp corners makes the entire megastructure read as eroded rock formations shaped by wind.
Materials
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
- stone
Visual identifiers
- curvilinear-volumes
- luminous-horizontal-bands
- bridged-towers
- canyon-atrium
Style tags
- parametric
- futuristic
- fluid-architecture
Visual tags
- parametric
- commercial
- urban-complex
- fluid-forms
- night-lighting
- public-plaza
- Geometry
- Four curved, fluid, domed volumes linked by continuous sweeping bridges and a multi-level central canyon atrium.
- Facade system
- Continuous curved aluminum and glass curtain wall articulated by sweeping ribbon louvers and perimeter strip lighting.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and reinforced concrete cores supporting complex curved cantilevered floor plates and skybridges.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-building complex spanning multiple city blocks, with a soaring multi-story public canyon at human scale.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk condition with intense internal perimeter glowing strips and soft ground-plane illumination contrasted against dark urban surroundings.
- Atmosphere
- Futuristic and luminous, glowing like an organic nexus within the rigid grid of the city.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban commercial district in Beijing at night with surrounding orthogonal high-rises and busy traffic.
- Spatial experience
- A dramatic urban canyon opens between swelling curvilinear towers, drawing foot traffic from the street into an illuminated interior plaza.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal curved light bands stacked uniformly up the swelling volumes, punctuated by sweeping vertical bridges.
- Style reading
- Parametric fluidism
- Program
- Commercial offices and retail mixed-use complex
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, aluminum, concrete, stone
- Visual identifiers
- curvilinear-volumes, luminous-horizontal-bands, bridged-towers, canyon-atrium
- Style tags
- parametric, futuristic, fluid-architecture
- Visual tags
- parametric, commercial, urban-complex, fluid-forms, night-lighting, public-plaza
- Geometry
- Four curved, fluid, domed volumes linked by continuous sweeping bridges and a multi-level central canyon atrium.
- Facade system
- Continuous curved aluminum and glass curtain wall articulated by sweeping ribbon louvers and perimeter strip lighting.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame and reinforced concrete cores supporting complex curved cantilevered floor plates and skybridges.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-building complex spanning multiple city blocks, with a soaring multi-story public canyon at human scale.
- Lighting
- Twilight dusk condition with intense internal perimeter glowing strips and soft ground-plane illumination contrasted against dark urban surroundings.
- Atmosphere
- Futuristic and luminous, glowing like an organic nexus within the rigid grid of the city.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban commercial district in Beijing at night with surrounding orthogonal high-rises and busy traffic.
- Spatial experience
- A dramatic urban canyon opens between swelling curvilinear towers, drawing foot traffic from the street into an illuminated interior plaza.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal curved light bands stacked uniformly up the swelling volumes, punctuated by sweeping vertical bridges.
- Style reading
- Parametric fluidism
- Program
- Commercial offices and retail mixed-use complex
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture