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Architects: Huayi Design, TSK Architects
- Area: 18800000 ft²
- Year: 2020
Tianpei Zeng
B-TECH Towers / TSK Architects + Huayi Design
Built Nature: When Architecture Challenges Human Scale
Going beyond human scale is not a novelty. For centuries, builders, engineers, and architects have been creating monumental edifices to mark spirituality or political power. Larger than life palaces, governmental buildings, or temples have always attracted people’s admiration and reverence, nourishing the still not fully comprehensible obsession with large scale builds.
Nowadays, some of the largest and most impressive structures relate less to religious or governmental functions and seem to be turning towards more cultural programs. Most importantly though, today’s grandiose works are generally and openly imitative of Nature.
Longgang Chuangtou Headquarters Tower / URBANUS
Pingshan Performing Arts Center / OPEN Architecture
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Architects: OPEN Architecture
- Area: 23542 m²
- Year: 2019
Floating Archipelago, Pedestrian Bridge Design / FCHA
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Architects: FCHA
- Area: 10000 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Dadi Curtain Wall Technology Co.Ltd
Holy Fire Lit Place for the Second China National Youth Games 2019 / URBANUS
Tips for Using Rainwater in Architectural Projects
The total amount of water on our planet has, theoretically, stayed the same since earth's formation. It's possible that the glass of water you drank earlier contains particles that once ran down the Ganges River, passed through the digestive system of a dinosaur, or even cooled a nuclear reactor. Of course, before it quenched your thirst, this water evaporated and fell as rain millions of times. Water can be polluted or misused, but never created or destroyed. According to a UNESCO study, it is estimated that the Earth contains about 1386 million cubic kilometers of water. However, 97.5% of this amount is saline water and only 2.5% is fresh water. Of this fresh water, most (68.7%) takes the form of permanent ice and snow in Antarctica, the Arctic, and in mountainous regions. Another 29.9% exists as groundwater. Ultimately, only 0.26% of the total amount of fresh water on Earth is available in lakes, reservoirs, and watersheds, where it is easily accessible for the world's economic and vital needs. With the population steadily increasing, especially in urban areas, several countries have already had severe problems with providing the necessary amount of drinking water to their populations.
Shenzhen Shenwan Street Park / AUBE CONCEPTION
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Architects: AUBE CONCEPTION
- Area: 11643 m²
- Year: 2019
Hercules Ecosystem Supply Chain / CAPA & Yizhou Design
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Architects: CAPA & Yizhou Design
- Area: 83990 m²
- Year: 2018
Shenzhen Longhua Book City / Atelier Global
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Architects: Atelier Global
- Area: 45500 m²
- Year: 2020
Shenzhen North Station Huide Tower / HPP
- Area: 173470 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Tongji Architectural Design