The Exo Towers Office Building by United Units Architects |
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| DESIGN NAME: The Exo Towers PRIMARY FUNCTION: Office Building INSPIRATION: Around the same time as the project began in 2013, the nature of banking underwent a rapid transition, with mobile payments and cashless transactions from Chinese Internet companies becoming the norm. To cope with this rapid change, there was a pressing need for financial institutions to cope with new digital challenges through business adjustment and organizational restructuring. To allow for future changes in working patterns, the design principles of flexibility and versatility were central to the design of the office layout. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Exo Towers is comprised of two towers and linked together by a 70m-high central glazed atrium. As the digital finance center of the Bank of Ruifeng, the building utilizes an external structural system that greatly reduces the number of columns of the typical floor, creating large and open office space, allowing for the ongoing flexible division of functional layout to cope with the banking business adjustments brought on by new digital challenges. The Exo Towers therefore derives its architectural language from the manner in which the space and structure are completely integrated. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The 70m full-height glazed atrium between the two towers is the spatial core of the whole building. Along the west facade, six sky bridges span between the two towers and enhance the building's horizontal connections. Cloud-shaped sunshades are suspended at the top of the atrium. A full height cable-net glass curtain wall is used for the east facade of the atrium. The atrium spaces are flooded with natural daylight, thus every floor in each tower receives daylight from two directions, outside and inside, considerably enhancing the internal ambience and working conditions. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Located in the central position of Jinghu New District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, the Exo Towers was started in April/2013 and completed in June/2021. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The Exo Towers adopts a hybrid system of steel structure and concrete structure. The central concrete core and the external steel frame jointly constitute a supporting system. Rising up from a unified pile and raft foundation, the two towers are connected by two sets of large trusses at the top of the atrium. The external structure is clad with linen patterned stainless steel plate. The main canopy are prefabricated in factories and bolted on the site. The cable-net glazing shows an extraordinary transparency and clarity by hiding the anchors and spring assemblies in an ingenious way. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Having a gross floor area of 74,000 m2, the Exo Towers is comprised of two towers, being 15-storey (94m) and 21-storey(121m) high respectively, and linked together by a 70m-high central glazed atrium. TAGS: Headquarters, Bank, Office, Towers, Hi-Tech, Atrium, Structure, Cable-Net Facade, Sky Bridges, Sky Gardens RESEARCH ABSTRACT: In order to effectively organize all architectural elements, the Exo Towers adopts an integrated design approach. A 1.5m x 1.5m modular grid system is utilized to regulate the architectural form, position and define the spatial layout, structural form, building envelop and MEP services, facilitating mutually dependent and defined systems. Due to the highly prefabricated design and construction methods, the average number of daily workers on the site was about 80 people, which is a reduction of a third when compared with a conventional construction site of a similar scale. CHALLENGE: The project team was faced with a number of significant structural challenges, seeing numerous of vertical components not touching the ground combined with diagonal braces. This not only means an increase in the design difficulty and workload, but also requires extra time and effort to apply for an Irregular High-rise Building Review to verify the seismic and fire safety of the building from a technical point of view. Fortunately we had the complete support of the client to follow our original aspiration to design an excellent landmark building with structural authenticity. ADDED DATE: 2022-06-29 09:22:29 TEAM MEMBERS (9) : Yongzheng Li, Tim Mason, Qizhi Li, Qian Lu, Yanfeng Lyu, Teng Jiang, Liang Xu, Yuan Tian and Jessie Millar IMAGE CREDITS: Photographer / Lian He |
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NAME: United Units Architects PROFILE: United Units Architects (UUA) is a RIBA chartered practice. Our reputation is founded on our creative design of spaces and forms, attention to details, whilst remaining sensitive to both culture and context.UUA is engaged in a broad selection of projects, encompassing every aspect of urban, architectural and interior design. From small scale installations to large scale industrial parks and master planning, with our experience we are confident to consider all projects. To achieve this we draw on the skills of highly talented team of architects and designers through their own professional experience have acquired extensive knowledge designing advanced, complex and iconic buildings worldwide. |
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The Exo Towers Office Building by United Units Architects is Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2022 - 2023.· Read the interview with designer United Units Architects for design The Exo Towers here.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with United Units Architects. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by United Units Architects. |
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