Changshu, China
Zihuan Lin of Aedas leads the development of a mixed-use development that accommodates sales-related activities, but provides conference and banquet facilities, as well as property management offices in the Jiangsu province that will serve as an engine for Changshu’s urban development.
Changshu Jinmao Sales Center has recently been awarded a 2022 International Architecture Awards Honorable Mention by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Jinmao Smart Science City is located in Changshu, Suzhou, within half an hour of Shanghai’s metropolitan area，Core area of the Hudong Science and Technology Business District in the southern new city.
The Sales office is not only a living room that provides conference services, but also takes into account various functions such as early display experience and sales negotiation, as well as late property office.
As the first completed building, it is not only the first appearance of Jinmao Smart Science City, but also shoulders the important responsibility of communicating with the public and the city.
The site is adjacent to Kuncheng Lake, with blue waves and koi shadows around the island. The design draws inspiration from it.
The curved and flexible architectural outline simulates the natural swing of the koi.
At the same time, the corner space released by the building’s rearward movement is built into a circular pool square, which echoes the building, forming the Kuncheng koi and the fish leaping.
The project is located in the northeast corner of the site, close to two main urban roads, and has an excellent urban display surface.
Aedas hopes to integrate the sense of future science and technology with the local landscape culture of Changshu, and build a window of communication with the city and the public with the “art museum-level” urban landmark.
The design cleverly integrates the essence of Chinese classical gardens, reproduces the traditional elements of verandas, flower windows and blue brick courtyard walls with modern materials, and turns the building into a partial epitome of the garden, presenting a natural blend of technological sense and classical beauty.
The façade of the building is a slanted concentric cone, based on a Chinese garden veranda, creating large champagne-colored eaves on the upper and lower sides of the building.
The wall with the steel keel and the blue brick masonry on the first floor echoes each other, with an antique appearance.
The end facade of the building is based on the flower window design of the classical garden.
The glass and aluminum folding back panel is used to simulate the flower window.
The lighting between the glass and the folding plate forms a rich relationship between light and shadow.
Project: Changshu Jinmao Sales Center
Architects: Aedas
Lead Architect: Zihuan Lin
General Contractor: China Construction First Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd
Client: Changshu Jinmao
Photographers: Aedas, CreatAR Images, and China Jinmao
