It's an 88-meter-high Grade A office building with 22,015 square meters of construction area. It includes public service spaces such as office and commercial spaces, and it's located on the north bank of the Qiantang River. This slim and tall building is now a new highlight in the urban landscape of Jiangbei. Located to the west of Zhonghe Elevated Road, the project is surrounded by Qianjiang International Business Center、 Daming Space and Haiyun International Building in a north-to-south direction. As the final addition to an established cityscape, the project's design focuses on addressing the challenges of limited land use and maximizing landscape resources.
A tiny bit of land
All the land around the project has been developed, and the urban area is fully grown. The plot for the building is only 3,348 square meters and is located less than 20 meters away from the nearest South West Point of Daming Space. The triangular shape of the plot could be utilized more efficiently.
The design team uses hexagonal planes to fit the site's shape, make the most of the space available, and fully utilize the building planes.Apart from serving as the headquarters office, the project also offers commercial facilities and elderly care spaces for the community. Moreover, the main building comes with a 12-story three-dimensional parking garage. The completion of the buildings has helped address the lack of supporting functions in urban spaces caused by rapid urbanization.
Hexagonal shapes are better than traditional quadrilateral planes because they prevent sharp angle conflicts with existing buildings, creating a more relaxed urban space. The short side of the hexagonal shape forms the slimmest silhouette of the building in Hangzhou, providing a good landmark. The long side creates a thick and sturdy building volume with continuous display surfaces adding color to the image of the group enterprise.
Between rivers and mountains
The project overlooks Qiantang River to the south and Yuhuang Mountain to the northwest and has a 180-degree landscape along the elevated side. It is designed to set two balconies on the 5th and 12th floors to respond to the landscape externally. Simultaneously, internally, they correspond to the office area for external rent and the Sky lobby for the headquarters. At the same time, the building volume is divided into three parts through the terrace, with three slightly staggered blocks making the building more versatile. The beige imitation stone aluminum panel extends into the sky in sharp contrast to the adjacent black glass and steel development projects to the east, standing out from the urban environment.
Peroration
After the rapid development of urbanization, how to develop the remaining land in the gaps of high-density cities is a necessary path for cities to move towards a high level of refinement and intensification. From the Pencil Tower in Hong Kong and the ultra-thin 111 West 57th Street skyscraper in New York, the design of the COSMOS Headquarters Building provides high-quality office space and makes new explorations on land use.
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