OMA commissioned for the essence financial building, shenzhen

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OMA commissioned for the essence financial building, shenzhen
OMA commissioned for the essence financial building, shenzhen
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'essence financial building' by OMA, shenzhen, china
image © OMA

 

 

it has just been announced that the new 'essence financial building' adding to shenzhen's skyline will be designed by acclaimed practice OMA.
in straying from the typological office building, the new scheme will plug into the city's several transit systems and provide a more sensitive social
approach to the relationship with the general public in response to a rapidly shifting focus from the manufacturing to the service industry occurring
in the area. the simple extruded form contains many subtle characteristics that make each facade very unique.  gradated apertures on the southern face
are a direct result of solar gain studies, optimizing views in each direction while maintaining an acceptable level of natural illumination and eliminating
problems such as glare or excessive heat gain. the east and western facades are in turn more porous to accept indirect light. the structure's typically
central core is translated to the edge of the floor plate which frees the entire level and offers a high degree of adaptability and flexibility with today's
constantly changing communication systems. the ubiquitous curtain wall is also broken towards the top, where a cube-like volume seems to float over
the base, creating a sliver of a void that serves as a lookout area over the city.

 

 


in context
image © OMA

 

 


overlooking the golf course
image © OMA
image via architizer

 

 


approach from the street
images © OMA

 

 


gradated openings on the southern facade
images © OMA

 

 


observation level looking out over golf course
image © OMA

 

 


interior atrium and work areas
image © OMA

 

 


work desks
image © OMA

 

 


meshed facade during the day
image © OMA

 

 


meshed facade during the night
image © OMA

 

 


elevations
image © OMA

 

 


program diagram
image © OMA

 

 


concept evolution
image © OMA

 

 


floor plan and core placement diagram
image © OMA

 

 


office building typologies
image © OMA

 

 

project info:

 

 

project: essence financial building
status: design development
clients: essence securities company limited; mintaian insurance surveyors & loss adjusters company limited
location: futian cbd, shenzhen, pr china
budget: n/a
site: lot number b116-0077, 4,813m2
program: offices (64,550m2), commercial (5,450m2)
building height: tower 180m, podium 13.5m

 

partners in charge: david gianotten and rem koolhaas (review)
project architect: bauke albada
team: lingxiu chong, chee yuen choy, charles lai, federico letizia, jue qiu, takehiko suzuki, andreas viglakis, with byungchan ahn, kevin chan, helen chen, jocelyn chiu

 

local architect: sadi: wu chao
sustainability: yrg: arpan bakshi, yetsuh frank, josh radoff, lauren yarmuth
landscape: swa: sean o'malley, xiao zheng
facade: inhabit: ron bertoli, hugh brennand
smep & traffic: aecom: eric kwok, w l leung, martin wu, jason w. k. yuen
model: rj models
night & aerial view: silkroad

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  • supermarket interiors (dense floor plate = no natural light), this is a very generic building. Probably the result of really creative clients, NOT.

    idle_crane says:

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