Guosen Securities Tower / Massimiliano + Doriana Fuksas

Nov 2010

By Karen Cilento — Filed under: Awarded Competitions ,Skyscrapers , China, Fuksas, Guosen Securities Tower, Shenzhen

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The latest project from Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas features a dramatic tower shaped by bold diagonal cuts. The proposal was awarded first prized for the competition to design Shenzhen’s Guosen Securities tower, and, typical of the Fuksas pair, the schematic design carries a strong presence with the shear mass of the volume broken down into a more manageable scale thanks to the three-dimensional voids. The tower will be the first ecological tall building to be built in Shenzhen.

More images and more about the tower after the break.

Edging past seven other firms, the winning proposal explores new concepts in vertical public space within the structure and form of a tower. Each void created by the zig-zagging slashes provides a public space amidst the floors of office spaces.

The main atrium void measures over 200 meters, bringing natural light to inner offices and marking the highest lobby in the city.

: © Fuksas

The atrium displays the activities of the tower, remaining transparent for the city to observe. The internal network of public spaces are strategically placed to correspond with the urban context beyond the facade.

: © Fuksas

: © Fuksas

Project Information:

client: guosen securities co. ltd
project team manager: serena mignatti
project team members: guiseppe zaccaria, enrico falchetti, gabriele chiaretti
assistants: cristina fernandez, yinnon lehrer, yusuke nishimura, manuela petrucci
physical model: nicola cabiati (art director), frauke stenz, hilmi kamil dalkir
shenzhen coordinators: fang tian, pablo garcia

structural engineers: shenzhen general institute of architectural design and research
M&E engineering, sustainability: AI engineering

site area: 5,454.78 m2
height: 200 m

As seen on designboom.

Cite:
Cilento , Karen . "Guosen Securities Tower / Massimiliano + Doriana Fuksas" 16 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/89556>

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tom says:

Is that architecture?

# November 17, 2010 at 04:29

Thomas says:

Yes.

# November 17, 2010 at 08:31

blazerd says:

yes, because it challenges the stereotypical corporate tower form and spatial exeperience in a calm and collected way that is interpretive and subtle rather than through external formal moves that offer little innovative spatial experience to the occupants..

# November 17, 2010 at 08:33

Leonardo Ximenes says:

No, that’s medicine

# November 17, 2010 at 15:05

Cássio Vinícius says:

Of course it is…why wouldn´t it be?

# November 17, 2010 at 07:31

FK says:

love it

# November 17, 2010 at 08:07

new york says:

morphosis’ cooper union building?
BIG’s proposal for high-rise residences in taiwan?
looks great though…

# November 17, 2010 at 11:01

james says:

It’s still a square building with a big groove down the side. Hardly as bold and in your face as some of these comments suggest.

# November 19, 2010 at 12:58

jsantoj says:

james: yep, agreed: vertical atrium is nothing new, especially a shifting vertical atrium
blazerd: we could all argue endlessly whether “calm and collected” or (i guess the term would be) “chaotic” is BETTER

# January 9, 2011 at 21:07

Chen Di says: