Ping An Finance Centre
PING AN FINANCE CENTRE
KPF
CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings, Office Buildings
PHOTOGRAPHS
Tim Griffith
ARCHITECT OF RECORD
China Construction Design International
MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL/PLUMBING ENGINEER
J. Roger Preston Group
INTERIOR DESIGN
Office: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York; Retail: Benoy, Hong Kong; Club House: Cheng Chung Design, Hong Kong
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Thornton Tomasetti
SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANT
ARUP
LANDSCAPE CONSULTANT
AECOM
MAIN CONTRACTOR
China Construction First Group Construction & Development Co., Ltd.
FIRE/SUSTAINABILITY
ARUP
WIND CONSULTANT
RWDI
TRAFFIC CONSULTANT
MVA
LIGHTING CONSULTANT
Lighting Planners Associates
VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION CONSULTANT
J. Roger Preston Group/ Fortune Consultants
ACOUSTIC CONSULTANT
Westwood Hong & Associates Ltd.
GRAPHIC DESIGN CONSULTANT
Duttonbray Design Ltd.
YEAR
2016
CURTAIN WALL CONSULTANT
ALT
FAÇADE ACCESS CONSULTANT
GMS
Text description provided by architect.
KPF worked with Ping An Insurance Company to design a supertall headquarters that would become the physical and iconic centre of Shenzhen’s burgeoning central business district, the Futian District.
It connects to both neighboring commercial and residential properties and the Line 1 Gou Wu Gong Yuan metro station, situating the tower – and the city – prominently within the Pearl River Delta’s high-speed rail corridor that increases access to the region’s rapidly densifying cities.
Comprising 100 office floors above the retail and conference podium, the tower will accommodate 15,500 workers and 9,000 daily passengers to an observation deck. Anchored by eight stone mega-columns with diagonal bracing, the tower conveys stability at its ground level.
Its chevron-shaped columns rise six hundred meters and converge at the tower’s height, mediating the tension of the earth to a single point in the sky. Sheathed in glass and stone, the podium houses a central atrium that acts as a public vestibule and sun-lit space for meeting, shopping, and dining. Five floors of retail shops terrace away from the tower, forming a large, amphitheater-like space.
Designed for local weather resistance, the tower’s tapered façade reduces wind loads by forty percent and its stainless steel piers form a protective net against lightning strikes.
With its completion in 2016, Ping An Finance Centre is now the tallest building in Shenzhen, the second tallest in China, and the fourth tallest in the world.It joined other KPF supertalls, including Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Shanghai World Financial Center, International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, and CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou among the ranks of the world’s ten tallest towers.
