Kunming
Mixed Use
This series of concepts won a schematic contract for a mixed use
development in the heart of Kunming, China. The development combines
an office/hotel, service apartments, and a retail podium space. The project
also creates a sunken plaza to connect to the local mass transit system and
green spaces for pedestrian use.
One proposal presents a twisted tower with two convex and two concave
sides. The podium of this option reflects the same sinuous curves. The
second option presents a smooth, curved facade wrapped around a faceted
louvered facade. In this version all four faces use a glass patterning that ties
back in to the textile patterning native to the region.
