The Wangjing Soho Commercial Office and Retail Complex is a grand new addition to the portfolio of London-based architecture firm Zaha Hadid Architects. Created for SOHO China Ltd., the project occupies a massive 115,393 square meter space in Beijing and provides over 521,265 square meters of gross floor area. The project is currently under construction and is expected to be completed in 2014.
The studio whose previous works include The Stone Towers situated in Cairo, the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum project, and the Library and Learning Center (LLC) created for the Vienna’s University of Economics & Business. The render of the Wangjing Soho reveals the same vertical leanings that the previous works of the studio has and the signature, soft-edged silhouettes that the studio has become famous for, have been repeated in the 200 meter tall commercial-use complex
The complex itself will comprise of three oversize building in the shape of pebbles and will give the semblance of Chinese fans when viewed from different angles. The dynamic complex will receive a unique architectural radiance thanks a state-of-the-art external skin which, with its varying degree of density in places, will make the building shimmer in light.
As an office and retail complex, the Wangjing Soho looks to give Beijing skyline an exciting cosmopolitan addition that will fit in seamlessly with the city’s modernistic outlook. Since the complex looks to build itself into the locale without losing its individuality as a piece of art, its softened edges should make it stand out from a crowd of sharper-angled structures.
Upon completion in 2014, the space will house thirty seven offices and 2 retail spaces on the above ground floors and one retail and twp parking levels on the floors below the ground. With a footprint area of 21,000 square meters, the stunning structure lies just between the airport and the city and looks to serve as a giant ‘Welcome to Beijing’ metaphorical billboard.
Via: Dezeen