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Guangzhou Science Town
Guangdong Architecture: Chinese Development Project – design by SPARK architects
17 Apr 2013
Guangzhou Science Town District
Design: SPARK architects
Location: Guangzhou, China
Guangzhou Science Town Development
Located at the heart of East Guangzhou’s Science Town district Spark’s project comprises a retail street and a SOHO residential development. A contemporary interpretation of the Xintiandi (Heaven on Earth) urban village a car-free shopping, eating and residential district is composed of 2 storey shop lots that face the highway and a central alley and public square. The shop lots serve as a mixture of convenience stores, cafes and restaurants with outdoor seating located in the sensitively landscaped streets.
The convivial pedestrian environment is overlooked by the sculpted form of the SOHO residential building that features colourful pop out balconies; the balconies break up the scale of the building assisting in the creation articulated three-dimensional hillside cum urban village milieu for the development which has been hailed as the first lifestyle centre in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou Science Town – Building Information
Architecture: SPARK
Project Director: Stephen Pimbley
Project Architect: Wenhui Lim
Team: Carlo Joson, Cynthia Liau, Rafal Kapusta, Conyee Chan, Jessica Leong, Darmaganda, Mark Mancenido, Marc Zara
Construction Started: Nov 2011
Completed: Jun 2012
Total GFA: 33,000 m2
Guangzhou Science Town images / information from SPARK
Guangzhou Science Town District design : SPARK
Location:Guangzhou, China
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