Description
The strongly rectangular volume of this complex with its uniform façades lends it the appearance of an office building. The spatial qualities of the six apart-ments on each floor are, therefore, all the more surprising. Each floor has two one-room apartments, two three-room apartments and two five-room apart-ments. The compact arrangement of the vertical access – a double-helix stair and three lifts – makes it possible to produce extremely economical floor plans. In all cases bedrooms and ancillary spaces are reached via the living rooms. The bath- rooms and toilets are located internally around the access core next to the entrances. This strict spatial arrangement has the disadvantage that some apart-ments face northeast – only the view can compensate for their poor illumination. The apartments to the northwest have three west-facing bedrooms while the living and dining area faces north. The arrangement of the three towers means that they will partly shade one another. As a result, the only really good apartments are on the uppermost storeys.
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Architect
Civil Engineer
Client
Owner
Time & Place
Status
built
Date
01/05/2007
Address
Beijing, Kitajska
Specifications
Floors
Floors: 31
Height
Height: 93
Staircases
Units per Staircase
Units per Floor
Units
Unit Area
Plot Area
Floor Area Typical
Area Total
Podium Area
Courtyard Area
Ground floor Area
Residents
Parking Spaces
Taxonomy
Organisation
200+, 6 appartments
Material
Structure
reinforced concrete bearing walls
Usage
Housing, Office
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