The headquarters of gad is situated in Liufengxuan Headquarters Office Park, jointly invested and constructed by Tongce, Shenghua, and gad. Located at the eastern starting point of the Xixi Valley Eco-Tech Zone, backed by Laohe Mountain of the West Lake Scenic Area, it occupies the intersection of city and nature. The total construction area is 86,347.58 square meters, with a plot ratio of 2.4.

The design takes the trinity of nature, architecture, and city as its core concept, creating an ecological and humanized modern office space. This is also a project designed and constructed by gad under the new model of "Architect Accountability System" throughout the entire process. It embodies gad's "people-oriented" office design philosophy, the high-quality design capabilities across all disciplines, the efficient collaboration of multiple teams, and the high-quality full-process construction agency capabilities.

Respect the City, Coexist with the Mountain

Three main towers align along the road per client requirements, establishing a neat, orderly urban streetscape. The southern side reshapes terrain to nestle the structure into terraces, dissolving the sense of massiveness. Terraced grand staircases link the building's forecourt with natural mountains, forming a three-dimensional spatial guidance system. Large cantilevers and elevated designs at the base create an open urban garden.

The facade employs differentiated treatments. Perforated aluminum panels on the urban north facade filter noise, while high-transparency curtain walls on the mountainous south invite nature indoors, bringing the mountain forest scenery within easy reach.

Extend Nature, Cultivate Humanity

Under the "community-style office" concept, a multi-dimensional interactive spatial system is crafted. Continuous atriums within the tower face mountain vistas, with natural light cascading down walls to create shared spaces for employee interaction and rest. Rooftop terraces, courtyards, and atriums serve as spaces for relaxation, fitness, and socialization while extending the workplace and fostering corporate culture.

The headquarters of GAD not only includes offices and related supporting facilities, but also features functional spaces such as exhibition halls, canteens, gyms, and band rehearsal rooms. These spaces are designed to accommodate and embrace a richer spectrum of daily life, creating a compact yet vibrant "ecological community" within the city—one where work and life coexist in harmony.

The ground-floor lobby connects architecture with nature through a stepped atrium and transparent glass curtain walls. The atrium uses mountains as its backdrop, adorned with greenery and artfully placed rocks. The urban art gallery enhances the public nature of the park. We anticipate more high-quality, inspiring exhibitions here to attract broader engagement.

Structural Innovation Dissolves Formality

As the first high-rise employing a "steel truss suspended structural system" in Zhejiang Province, the project achieves spatial breakthroughs through technological innovation. Steel suspension columns with a diameter of merely 13.4cm balance structural strength with spatial flexibility, allowing mountain forest views to permeate the interior.

The suspended structure lifts the tower's volume lightly, with large-scale cantilevers forming column-free viewing platforms. The 360° panoramic vision captures both the city skyline and the mountain scenery of Xixi. Through the integration of structure, space, and ecology, this design achieves an upgrade of modern office spaces and demonstrates the corporate spirit of bold innovation, humanistic care, and people-oriented values.

Practice the New Model: "Architect Accountability System"

In December 2023, "Liufengxuan" became the first completed project among the third batch of pilot projects under Hangzhou's "Architect Accountability System." This system grants architects full-process decision-making authority, requiring them to coordinate design, bidding, and construction phases, which also imposes higher demands on the comprehensive capabilities of design institutes and architects. As both the client and the design party, gad fully leveraged the advantages of the "Architect Accountability System" to lead the whole-process management of the project, ensuring architectural quality and efficiency. Additionally, relying on the advantages of full industrial chain management (whole-process design general contracting, cost management, and project management) and design-led EPC experience, gad demonstrated its unique competitiveness.

During project implementation, gad eliminated design blind spots across disciplines through multi-disciplinary collaboration in architecture, landscape, and interior design, ensuring cohesive overall design and seamless detail integration. Architects coordinate resource allocation throughout the process, such as precisely distributing funds and controlling costs through assessments of design importance and analysis of available conditions.

Addressing multi-client demands with flexible solutions to unexpected issues. For example, using sample comparisons and cost-professional data benchmarking mechanisms to efficiently reach consensus. Leveraging accumulated EPC experience to achieve mature and efficient construction agency management. For example, when faced with the technical challenges of the core tube suspended structure, the original construction unit was unable to fulfill its obligations. We promptly intervened and coordinated the replacement of the construction team. During the construction process, we innovatively adopted the "top-down construction method" to significantly improve construction efficiency and ensure the project schedule...

Conclusion

The headquarters building of gad represents a multifaceted balance between nature and the city, privacy and public space. It is also a high-quality demonstration of "core-tube suspension structure" technology and the "Architect Accountability System," embodying the company's 27 years of professional expertise and wisdom. As an industry pioneer, we will continue to explore the diverse relationships between architecture and nature, cities, culture, and technology. In the process of advancing the "Architect Accountability System" within the industry, we actively practice design-led EPC and full-process agency models to drive innovative development in the industry.

Architectural Design: gad
Total Floor Area: 86,347.58
Year: 2024
Photography: Right Angle Architectural Photography, gad
Category: Office
Structural Design: gad
Client: gad / Zhejiang Tongce Health Management Service Co., Ltd. / Shenghua Real Estate Group Co., Ltd.
City: Hangzhou