Qianhai UP!

Shenzhen

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China
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Client

People’s government of Qianhai District development office

Project

Landmark in the most visible location of Qianhai District

Stages

2019 International Competition, Shortlist

Team

MLA+:Markus Appenzeller, Ruizhi Cao, Ruixin Chen, Shaoning Wu, Ivana Damjanovic, Alex Lee, Xiaolu Sun, Xiao Xu
Collaborators
PolyLester: Gabriel Lester
Cundall: Dong Chen

Awards

We changed

We propose a creative proposal that not only look back to the past but also into the future

Transformation

+A landmark with strong Qianhai and Shenzhen characteristics
+The main design Qianhai UP generates from a folding gesture, reminding the history of lingding ocean under Shenzhen speed construction.
+We got inspiration from the countless large and small piers and lighthouses along the coast of the Pearl River Delta. We hope to build a landmark that could respond to the nature and transforms transcends time.

Climate

+A landmark that could respond to the nature and transforms transcends time

Collaboration

+A transdisciplinary collaboration among urban, architecture, and art, leading to a landmark that is beyond the reality and connecting to the fantasy.

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