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WORKING IN MASSING ENVIRONMENT
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In typical Zaha Hadid fashion, the building is enveloped in a single, glazed façade shell, while the rotating atrium connects its two volumes in a dynamic pas de deux (a ballet dance duet), with interlinking skybridges on levels 13, 24, 35 and 45. The mammoth atrium also acts as a public square for the business district, interlinking the tower’s areas and providing altering views to the city beyond, as it twists and turns.
The 172,800 sqm tower aims to house small and medium-sized businesses in Beijing. Positioned as a flexible and efficient Grade A office space on a site adjacent to the business district's railway station, the structure straddles an underground subway service tunnel. Its position over this tunnel led the designers to split the building in two halves. The remaining expanse between these two volumes encompasses the full height of the structure, therefore creating the world’s tallest atrium at 194.15m.
