Shenzhen Longgang CNPEC Technical Central Building

The new company headquarters is divided into three towers with a shared podium and provides workstations for over 4,000 employees. The design for the site, which is one block in the strictly orthogonal road grid in the Baolong Industrial Park, provides three high-rise buildings and a plinth-type podium which has been arranged around a central garden. This garden landscape, which features palm trees and bamboo plants, and extends over two levels, is the spatial and atmospheric core of the design, and – with its footpaths crossing the development – is open to the public. The three high-rise buildings are different in height and have been positioned on the site in a way that allows open views from all work places while also creating a distinct and unique skyline when seen from a distance. The facades are determined by the pattern of the loadbearing components and visually combine the floors into sets of two. The lavishly planted, fourstory sky gardens on different levels create special zones for recreation and meeting/communication within the structural ensemble.