Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower l Gianni Botsford Architects + RJWu & Partner

The Chinese mobile phone maker Oppo commissioned London-based firm Gianni Botsford Architects and Taiwan’s RJWu & Partners to create their new 42-story Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower 2014. The new skyscraper will be the centerpiece of the design overseeing the Singapore Sichuan Hi-Tech Innovation Park, located south of Chengdu. Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, has a metropolitan population of more than 15 million, making it the fifth largest city in China.

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Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower’s Design Concept

The community research headquarters can house up to 5,000 engineers and support workers. It stimulates employees to come together by offering a compelling workplace location, encouraging the mutual enrichment of ideas. Throughout the Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower, you’ll find spaces dedicated to individual work, unwinding, instruction, exhibition, dining, and taking in the greenery and city beyond.

Coherence and accessibility are introduced to the planning by introducing orientation through integrating a towering structure with the adjacent horizontal lower-rise structures. To foster cooperation, the Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower’s design includes several openings and a variety of floor heights.

The tower’s enormous footprint is subdivided into segments that are more in keeping with the human scale; these volumes are relocated both horizontally and vertically to attain variety in layout and architecture and guarantee exceptionally abundant amounts of sunlight are maintained for all people; a typical design takes advantage of a series of rooms with a view staggered around the perimeter.

A similar principle of movement was used for the façade, creating a lively and sparkling aesthetic while still conforming to the design requirement that all new high-rises have a 30 percent solid façade. The tower’s vertical sections are each crowned by a triple-height lantern space that lets in natural light and air and creates a seamless appearance between levels below.