Xi’an CCBD / Heatherwick Studio

Curated by 韩爽 - HAN Shuang

Architects: Heatherwick Studio
Area: 155000 m²
Year: 2024
Photographs:Yanqing Zhu, Luis Sacristan Murga
Manufacturers: HEDE, TOB, Yi Design
Structure Engineering: RBS, CFT
Mep Engineering: WSP Norge, WSP
Lighting Consutlant: Speirs+Major
Engineering Collaborators: Robotics Plus
Landscape Design: Heatherwick Studio

Category: Mixed Use Architecture, Office Buildings, Commercial Architecture
Design Director: Thomas Heatherwick
Group Leader: Mat Cash
Project Leaders: Luis Sacristán Murga, Simon Winters, Angel Tenorio
Project Managers: Consuelo Manna, Jimmy Hung
Technical Design Leaders: Nick Ling, Maura Ambrosiano
Architecture Design Team: Adam Brown, Alfredo Chavez, Almu Rodrigue, Anjie Gu, Aziz Hoque, Blue Tuohy, Cong Wang, Consuelo Manna, Eric Lim, Erich Breuer, Fanos Katsaris, Francis Ng, Freddie Lomas, Hannah Parker, Hannah Steenson, Helen Siu, James Ness, Jethro Rebollar, Ji Qi, Jimmy Hung, Ko-Cheng Liu, Kong Hoang, Linus Cheng, Luis Sacristán Murga, Luke Plumbley, Manuel Ramos, Marwah Osama, Mat Cash, Matthew Magee, Meera Yadave, Michael Kloihofer, Nick Ling, Remi Phillips-Hood, Sherry Xiao, Silvia Rueda Cuellar, Simon Winters, Simone Berardelli, Sonila Kadillari, Steven Howson, Victoria Dong, Vito Sugianto, Willow Tang
Landscape Design Team: Aziz Hoque, Consuelo Manna, Erich Breuer, Fanos Katsaris, Hamze Machmouchi, Harriet Gargrave, Jimmy Hung, Kate Le Masurier, Kelvin Lam, Luis Sacristán Murga, Mat Cash, Maura Ambrosiano, Paul Chu, Philipp Nedomlel, Remi Phillips-Hood, Sherry Xiao, Winki Ho, Yijia Li
Xi’an Tree Design Team: Angel Tenorio, Andrew Friedenberg, Anjie Gu, Cameron Overy, Consuelo Manna, Diana Mykhaylychenko, Dirce Medina Patatuchi, Fabian Hubner, Ji Qi, Jimmy Hung, Joanna Sabak, Joe Brennan, Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas, Martynas Kasiulevicius, Mat Cash, Nick Ling, Nicolas Ombres, Ondrej Pokoj, Peter Romvari, Sherry Xiao, Theophile Peju
Interiors Design Team: Agnes Kerecsanin, Aleksandar Bursac, Alice Dousova, Andre Kong, Ayumi Konishi, Aziz Hoque, Beau Lawrence, Blue Tuohy, Bori Kovacs, Carrick Blore, Charlotte McCarthy, Chen He, Chen Yue, Consuelo Manna, Edward Milton, Emric John-Sawyer, Ezgi Terzioglu, Fanos Katsaris, Flavio Sousa Monteiro, Francesca Morroni, Francesca Valentino, Freddie Lomas, Hannah Francis, Harriet Gargrave, James Harris, Jimmy Hung, Ji Qi, Joe Brennan, Karim Hallak, Kelvin Lam, Krina Christopoulou, Liang-Yu Sung, Lijing Zhou, Marcus Hawk, Mark McKee, Mary Suen, Martynas Kasiulevicius, Matthew Heitel, Mat Cash, Maura Ambrosiano, May Tang, Moira Geddes, Natasha Trumic, Nick Ling, Noa Guy, Olga Rienda, Oliver Zhu, Paul Brooke, Pennie Dawes, Ragavendran Gowrisankar, Silvia Rueda Cuellar, Simone Berardelli, Sofia Hagen, Thomas Thornton, Xirong Zheng
Facade Local Design Institutes: KTF
Interior Local Design Institutes: Sky Design
Landscape Local Design Institutes: Green
Landscape Executive Architect: WSP, WTD
Lighting Local Design Institutes: HDA
Client: China Resources Land (CR Land)
Collaborators Architects: GP Architects, 10 Design, Lacime, KPF
Facade Engineering: Arup
Visualisations: MIR, Devisual, Slashcube
Local Design Institutes: JZFZ
City: Xi'An
Country: China

Text description provided by the architects. A new district designed by Heatherwick studio has opened in Xi'an, honouring the Chinese city's legacy of craftmanship and ceramics. The Xi'an Centre Culture Business District (CCBD) is located south of the city's historic centre between the ruins of the Temple of Heaven and the prominent Shaanxi TV tower. The district blends a retail podium with walkable streets, terraces and open plazas, offices, apartments, accommodation, green spaces, and a vertical park.