Qianhai Data Center by Mecanoo
The tower is an office building with support spaces. The fascination with the design is the facade which shows images of clouds by day and by night it becomes a digital screen.
Sinosteel International Plaza by MAD Architects
Client: SINOSTEEL International Plaza (Tianjin) Ltd
Status: under construction. To be completed 2012.
Programme: Office, Hotel, Service Apartment
Site Area: 26,666 sqm
Building Area: 350,000 sqm
Building Height: 358m
Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Qun Dang
Design Team: Eric Spencer, Liu Xiaopu, Tony Yam, So Sugita, Zhao Wei, Wang Xingfang, Li Jieran, Lu Lu
Associate Architects/Engineers: Jiang Architects & Engineers
FORM: The building looks like a honeycomb.
MATERIAL: The façade has five different sizes of hexagonal windows to form the hollow part and the remaining parts will be cladded in white giving it a lightweight just like a honeycomb.
CONSTRUCTION: The façade is constructed from five different sizes of hexagonal windows to form the hollow part
PROCESS: The windows flow across the building in an irregular, naturally occurring pattern: like cells multiplying. This pattern gives life to the building, changing the way it looks from different perspectives.
FUNCTION: The building is an hotel which function as a shelter which the honeycomb is used for as well.
