Office building for Qingpu Business Association
Design: 2003-2004
Completion: 10/2005
Floor Area: 4.890 sqm
Location: Qinglong Rd, Qingpu New Town, Shanghai
Located at the east side of Xiayang Lake in the new area of Qingpu District, the office building belongs to the Xaiyang Lake Landscape Area, controlled by the local government. We took into consideration the views not only from the interior but also from the exterior. The solution is a cube covered with a glass curtain wall. The square building is 60×60 meter. The three-story building encloses a green yard with a steel and glass framework. While clearly defining the private space in the interior, the transparent glass walls also create a visual communication to the landscapes inside and outside. The first floor is elevated and only houses the reception and a restaurant. In this way, the ground floor spaces flow from the central garden to the exterior landscape and an uninterrupted view goes through the building. The inside volume is surfaced with a printed glass curtain wall. We chose a pattern like the shape of Òbroken iceÓ for the glass. It is adopted from a kind of traditional Chinese interior decoration. The patterns are so wisely designed that they keep the unity, even when putting the different pieces together. The dominant white color in the interior also adds to the purity to the building.
