Located in the heart of the commercial district of Xuzhou, Suning Plaza is a major development spanning a GFA of almost 350,000 sq m. The scheme consists of a 112,000 sq m high-end retail podium which anchors two office towers, a Hyatt hotel and two serviced apartment towers. Positioned directly above a MRT station, the development seamlessly connects into the city’s underground transportation network. >>>
Following the success of the UK Pavilion, the studio met with a developer who had a 15 acre site next to Shanghai’s main art district, M50. The site sat next to a public park and was split over two plots separated by a narrow strip of government land and incorporated several historic buildings. Conceived not as a building but as a piece of topography, the design takes the form of two tree-covered mountains, populated by approximately one thousand structural columns. >>>