Beijing Patent Office / KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten
KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten was awarded first prize for their proposal for the Beijing Patent Office. Located in downtown Beijing, the site is near a new subway line and sits opposite the entrance hall of Caishikou Station. The proposal integrates the Patent Office into the site’s sustainable traffic infrastructure. The building is divided into a central hall, towers, bridges, open spaces and spacious rooftop gardens that creates an interconnected, communicative structure. A surrounding strip embraces the individual parts of the building, extending from the roof to the façade, spanning open spaces, thereby giving the Beijing Patent Office a specific identity in the urban context.
More about the proposal and more images after the break.
Built to optimize interior lighting, the building’s zigzag form provides a large open entry condition which visitors to and users of the Patent Office can enjoy. Escalators lead directly from the ground to the third floor, linking the public hall and internal facilities, while the upper floor are occupied by staff members.
Facts:
Developer: State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C.
Plot of land: 56,400 m²
GSA: 194,500m²
Competition: 10/2009, 1st prize
Chinese Dragon?
I hope this apperance not come from such a simple conception, “DRAGON” has been used too much and not cool anymore.
ye,look at this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23665309@N02/3183458401/
I think it was actually never cool..
A very simple scheme, but I firmly believe that they could have emphesized that beautiful conner. I feel it less dramatic to use a dragon scheme for this office building.
The small structure around the corner in one for the views obliterates the place…..could have been a better public place…
The small structure around the corner in one of the views obliterates the place…..could have been a better public place…
chinese snake~~
well, it can only be recognized as a snake or dragon from the birdview
As in all places in Beijing, every corner will be occupied by a car and pools of spit on the floor…
I find it more than sarcastic, that the land of black-copying and state subsidised industrial spying (see Transrapid story of Siemens, or the stolen subway station design from netzwerkarchitekten, just to name a few prominent one) wants to build 200000 m² office space for its Patent Institute, naming it “State Intellectual Property Office” – haha.
It is even more pathetic, that the comments above are only debating about what symbolic form is the buildig supposed to have.