Following a hectic period during which Zaha Hadid stopped a BBC interview and became the first female architect to receive the RIBA Gold Medal Award, her international practice announced the plans to build the Leeza SOHO tower in southwest Beijing, China, home to the “world’s tallest atrium”.
The “gently twisting’ cylindrical tower” will have 46 stories and an atrium of 200 m in height, Architectural Journal reports. The project will provide an underground promenade between the subway station and a public park to the west. A parking area for 480 cars and room for 2,690 bikes will also be included.
The building will use a 3D BIM energy management system that “monitors in real-time environmental control and energy efficiency”.
Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects
Project Information:
Project: Leeza SOHO
Client: Soho China
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Design: Zaha Hadid, Patrick Schumacher
Project Director: Satoshi Ohashi
Associate: Ed Gaskin, Armando Solano
Project Team: Kaloyan Erevinov, Philipp Ostermaier (Lead Designer); Shu Hashimoto, Christoph Klemmt, Yang Jingwen, Samson Lee, Di Ding, Xuexin Duan, Juan Liu, Dennis Brezina, Rita Lee, Seungho Yeo
Consultants:
Structure: Bollinger+Grohmann (Competition), CABR (SD), BIAD (DD) (CD)
Facade: KWP (SD), Kighton Façade, Yuanda (DD) (CD)
MEP: Parsons Brinkerhoff (SD), BIAD (DD) (CD)
Lightning: Light Design (SD)(DD)
Landscape: ZHA (SD)(DD), Ecoland (DD)(CD)
Size:
Site Area: 30,688m²
Gross Floor Area: 172,800 m²
Above Ground: 124,000 m²
Below Ground: 48,800 m²
Tower: 123,740 m²
pavilions: 220 m²
Height: 207 m
Top of occupied floor: 190,5 m (45 floors)
Floors Above Ground: 46 Levels (Lobby 3900 m2, Offices 110,474 m2, MEP floors9406 m2)
Floors Below Ground: 4 levels (2 levels retail, 2 levels parking, subway tunnel)
Retail: 10,000 m²
Atrium Height: 191 m
Vehicular Parking: 480
Bicycle Parking: 2,680
By: Ana Cosma