Harbin Twin Towers

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Harbin Twin Towers designed by spatial practice (Harbin, China, August 29, 2013): spatial practice has designed the Harbin High Speed Railway (HSR) west train station Twin Towers. The iconic project includes: office spaces, residential apartments, retail spaces and a hyper link to a new underground infra-structural hub. China has the world longest High Speed Rail (HSR) network that connects the entire country from north to south and from east to west. In the city of Harbin, the new West Train Station will become the northern China gateway connecting to China’s major cities with daily high-speed links to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Integration Harbin West Station is a transportation hub linkedwith the high-speed train station, Subway and Bus '>http://Station.The'> Kaishengyuan Towers take full advantage of sitting on a transportation hub not only connected to main cities in China but hyper-connected to Harbin City main infrastructure. Distances are shortening, fostering faster business transactions and promoting communication. Identity Sharing the same DNA - but positioned differently - the Twin Towers form a new icon for the Haxi Business Development Zone. The Towers creates a balanced relationship between empty and full, mass and void, private and public. Each tower creates a program specific dialogue with the site, with the north SoHo and Service Apartment tower atrium opening toward the Plaza, and the south Office Tower atrium oriented toward the Business District. Working & Living In response to Harbin’s extreme climate conditions, interior multi functional green terraces are injected into the upper atrium spaces promoting a high quality and healthy working environment for the office tower, and creating comfortable and climate controlled recreational terraces for the luxury residences. Synergy The towers perform as the Digital Gate framing the city and station. The integrated media facades frame and activate the adjacent plaza promoting communication and social interaction between travellers, commuters and residents. The suspended microclimate atriums create a new typology of indoor spaces that promotes human interactions. Project Details Location: Harbin, Haxi District, China Program: Office, Residential, Retail, Parking and Landscape Status: Design Proposal Year: July, 2013 Client: Kaishengyuan Group Architect: spatial practice Partners in charge : Erik Amir, Dora Chi Project Architect: Max Gerthel Team: Calvin W. Liu, Cathal Peter Quinn, James Beadnall, Sarah GeXiaorui, Victor QuirosQuiros, Emily Wu Local Architect: Harbin Institute of Technology Structural Engineers: BuroHappold, Matthew Smith, Henry Li Visualization: ADRI, German Glessner Group Physical Model: Gereide Models Beijing
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    Harbin Twin Towers designed by spatial practice (Harbin, China, August 29, 2013): spatial practice has designed the Harbin High Speed Railway (HSR) west train station Twin Towers. The iconic project includes: office spaces, residential apartments, retail spaces and a hyper link to a new underground infra-structural hub. China has the world longest High Speed Rail (HSR) network that connects the entire country from north to south and from east to west. In the city of Harbin, the new West Train...

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    • Year 2013
    • Client Kaishengyuan Group
    • Status Current works
    • Type Apartments / Offices/studios / Shopping Malls
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