Sparks Architects Pty Ltd.

Science Town Project

Science Town Project
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SCIENCE TOWN PROJECT

Spark Architects

ARCHITECTS
Spark Architects

AREA
33000.0 m²

YEAR
2012

CATEGORY
Restaurants & Bars, Tourism, Public Space

PHOTOGRAPHS
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Located at the heart of East Guangzhou’s Science Town district Spark’s project comprises a retail street and a SOHO residential development.

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Science Town Project
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A contemporary interpretation of the Xintiandiurban village a car-free shopping, eating and residential district is composed of 2 storey shop lots that face the highway and a central alley and public square.

The shop lots serve as a mixture of convenience stores, cafes and restaurants with outdoor seating located in the sensitively landscaped streets.

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The convivial pedestrian environment is overlooked by the sculpted form of the SOHO residential building that featurescolourful pop out balconies;

the balconies break up the scale of the building assisting in the creation articulated three-dimensional hillsidecum urban village milieu for the developmentwhich has been hailed as the first lifestyle centre in Guangzhou.


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