Guan Yuan Housing
Located in Beijing, in the west second ring road, this project consists of residential apartments with stores on the lower levels. The West second ring road is surrounded by various types of buildings, a financial district with new office buildings in it, and protected area of Siheyuan (a type of Chinese residence with a courtyard surrounded by four buildings). Five towers with different heights are planned along north-south direction.
In the center of the site a square with a gentle slope (+1.8to -5.5m) is designed as a connector between underground and ground level. The extension of the landscape stretches into the buildings like allies, unfolding to the second floor three dimensionally. By making the huge square and solid allies open to outside, a new city environment involved with its surrounding is created.
architects
Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop
structural eng.
Atsushi Sato Structural Design Office