Chengdu ONE Central aims to reconnect five separate projects into a large commercial complex, situating itself as an important anchor along the walkable commercial axis as well as the cultural axis of central Chengdu.
A portion of the existing project and foundation will be demolished and rebuilt, while a portion of it will be stripped down to its original structure, an old office building will remain completely untouched whilst it's lower floors will be leased to the commercial project.
Other than solving the complex spatial and structural relationship between old and new, we also wanted to explore the characteristics of a commercial project. Key considerations to the design of this project includes "connections" "openness" and "regionalism".
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- WAY Studio