Greater Bay Area Technology Finance Centre, China

Aedas Studio creates a mixed-use complex to form an urban living room, encouraging social interaction, strengthening communities and creating a vibrant live-work dynamic. This double twin towers complex exemplifies an efficient high-density infrastructure integrating different functional programs to cater to rapid urban development. The Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou) Technology Finance Centre comprises of a five-star hotel, offices, retail and residential spaces. 

Derived from “waterfall cloud”, the architectural form adopts a dynamic landscape of flowing clouds pouring down like water. The simplistic yet fluid curves outline the façade, symbolizing the passage of clouds in the sky while emphasizing the “flow” element. The edges are softened through arched glass panels, creating smooth forms and reducing the massing of the towers. The linear architectural form then flows and extends outwards to form a grandeur entrance canopy, echoing its design language.

Further detailing the façade, a tapered section has been achieved by varying the depth of the fins design, adding texture to the otherwise flat plane. The decorative strips on the stainless steel curtain walls differ in width according to the height of the building, getting wider towards the bottom of the structure, allowing a more diverging and upright appearance. Inward-opening strips enable natural ventilation to inject fresh air into interiors without affecting the architectural form.

References:

www.aedas.com

www.amazingarchitecture.com

www.luxuryproperties.ir