Nanjing Financial City III

The masterplan combines freestanding office and apartment blocks on two sites separated by a road. Office high-rises with heights of between 130 and 200 meters in strict linear formation along the main traffic arteries create a U-shaped group that encloses the two sites and forms a quiet inner zone that is largely free of traffic and defined by a green axis. The green axis is lined by small-scale commercial buildings that form a conspicuous contrast to the office towers. At the two main traffic intersections the formation changes in order to closely link the design to the urban neighborhood.

Using so-called “city windows”―cantilevers that vary from tower to tower―the buildings open up towards each other or enter into a dialog with the city. On the third level, the towers and commercial buildings are linked via skywalks. Landscaped sunken courtyards, terraces, and roof gardens extend the landscape on several levels.