Superimpose Architecture

Sky City TOD

Sky City TOD
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SKY CITY TOD

Superimpose Architecture

LANDSCAPE DESIGN
Platform Design

PHOTOGRAPHS
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INTERIOR DESIGN
YuQiang & Partners

LIGHTNING DESIGN
ZOE lighting design Chengdu

DIRECTORS
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt

AREA
72000 m2

PROGRAM / USE / BUILDING FUNCTION
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) mixed use: Office, Retail, Subway arrival

CLIENT
Vanke Hangzhou & Hangzhou Subway Group

LOCAL DESIGN INSTITUTE
ZJIDI

DESIGN TEAM
Carolyn Leung, Ben de Lange, Ruben Bergambagt, Yunqiao Du, Ana Raluca Timisescu, Arianna Bavuso, Valentin Račko, Xiaoyu Xu, Jay Peng, Inci Lize Ogun, Rafaela Sampaio Agapito Fernades, Shuyang Li

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Hangzhou, CHINA

CATEGORY
Mixed Use Architecture, Office Buildings

Superimpose Architecture completes the mixed-use Sky City TOD hub with a unique and green arrival situation in Hangzhou, China.

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is an urban typology on the rise, especially in China.

The most distinct characteristic of a TOD is that during the project-planning phase, one or more stations of high-end public transportation are integrated in mixed-use developments by the implementation of efficient pedestrian- or bicycle-friendly routes.

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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The one-square-kilometer Uni-City - designed by SOM - is situated in Hangzhou’s very own ‘Silicon Valley’ which locates in close proximity to Chinese mega e-commerce companies such as Alibaba and Tencent.

ithin this master plan, Superimpose Architecture designed ‘Sky City’ for Vanke Hangzhou and the Hangzhou Subway Group. 

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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‘Sky City’ is a project of 72,000 square meters with two office towers, 4 office villas and retail alongside a new subway station. The TOD will become the main connection and transportation hub of ‘Uni City’.

Superimpose Architecture won the invited tender for this project by carefully integrating pedestrian routes and by creating a unique and green arrival situation for the subway.

Superimpose Architecture integrated the green belt zone belonging to the government in the design and created voids in the landscape to get more daylight in the otherwise dark basement. By doing so, the design offers commuters a unique, pleasant, green and smooth transition from subway arrival to urban development.

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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The design is defined by the concept of ‘The Valley’ for the podium levels and ‘The Cloud’ for the upper levels. The ‘Valley’ is meant to relate to the human scale and naturally integrates green and water. The Valley is architecturally defined by shifting slabs that provide terraces or canopies for the lower levels.

Strategically placed staircases and escalators connect the basement levels to the upper floors and ultimately to the pedestrian bridge on level 3, which is connecting to the adjacent cultural plot.

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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For the upper ‘Cloud’ levels, Superimpose Architecture chose to have a calmer façade approach. The appearance is defined by a repetition of vertical elements. These aluminum ‘fins’ are perforated and allow for a hidden ventilation concept.

The massing of the tower is split in two by a large glass box, to even further break down the massing and create two ‘special tenant’ levels for tenants who need a showroom, more open space, or want to do something different with the interior than the other standard office floors.

Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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Now, Sky City TOD in line with the new urban life was officially completed.

It uses diversified modules and elegant appearance to shape the coexistence of function and traffic, harmonizes some contradictions between traffic and land use in the process of urban development, and provides residents with a new way of life and more opportunities to interact with the city and nature.

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Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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Sky City TOD
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