MVRDV: shenzhen guosen tower

‘shenzhen guosen tower’ by MVRDV in shenzhen, china all images courtesy MVRDV

rotterdam-based architects MVRDV has designed ‘shenzhen guosen tower’, the new headquarters building for the guosen securities corporation in china. featuring a series of folded floor plates, the 204 meter-high design aims to be efficient and compact while still providing a healthy working environment.

view from above

in order to gain abundant natural daylight as well as views for every worker, the tower employs a compact floor plan of 1849 m2; no workspace is placed further than 11 meters away from the glass facade. by extending and manipulating the floor plates beyond the slender volume, shading is provided for the level below. the louvers vary in size according to the orientation to better respond to the amount of sunlight. at strategic points such as social, collective spaces, they are pulled apart to accommodate an expansive view of the surrounding cityscape.

looking into openings in facade

solar cells are integrated into the design of the louvers to reduce the operative energy demand of the building by 33%. rain water is also collected to feed the grey water circuit while a lengthy water pipe system in the facade utilizes the heat from the solar cells to passively warm up the water.

entrance plaza

interior view

lifting in louver by social area

seating and circulation

ground floor lobby

entrance

schematic diagrams

facade schematics

project info:

client: guosen securities LTD.Co size: 68,000 m2 offices, 12,000 m2 retail

team: winy maas, jacob van rijs and nathalie de vries with wenchian shi, nacho velasco, wenhua deng, john tsang, sanne van der burgh and mateusz masalski co-architects: zhubo, shenzhen, china structure: arup, shenzhen, china model: zhubo 3D modeling: MVRDV + zhubo