Changsha Exhibition Center (2010)

Project Data
 
Total GFA:   150.000m2
Location:   Changsha, China
Function:   Exhibition
Features:   Flexible Indoor / Outdoor with sustainable signature roof for natural light, ventilation and rain water usage
Scope:   Urban Design Master Plan and Architectural Concept Design
 
 
Project Summary
 
Chang Sha’s unique past, present and future are translated into architectural motives, which form the canvass for green building technology, efficient operations and a highly iconic aesthetic! These historical or contemporary motives are taken as a framework from which specific technological aspects, functional and aesthetic qualities are developed as an integrated system.

Exhibition Halls: Roofscape, ceiling geometry, connecting voids and cores are all integral parts of a tailor-made green climate control and energy efficiency concept.

Silver Stitching: Chang Sha has a great tradition of craftsmanship. The “silver thread” is architecturally expressed by silver metal surfaces, a winding geometry connecting all functional areas along the lakefront.

Food Harbor: Similar to the Grand Terrace, the Food Harbor draws its attraction more from immediate sensation rather than interpreted symbolism.

Lakeside Mall: Notably, the layout generates a unique one level shopping mall, without elevators and b-rate retail spaces: it is a “all-ground-floor” retail mall with hundreds of meters of lakeside frontage.
Hotel and Offices Landmark Tower: If the exhibition area is the largest, most important landmark of the project, the Hotel and Office Tower is the highest. The waving exhibition roof scape is a repeated motive on the hotel tower’s facade.