COFCO Qianhai Asia Pacific Headquarters Towers, Shenzhen Architecture, Chinese Building, Architect, Images
COFCO Qianhai Asia Pacific Headquarters Towers in Shenzhen
Contemporary Office Development ? design by Goettsch Partners
19 Jan 2017
COFCO Qianhai Asia Pacific Headquarters Towers
Design: Goettsch Partners, architects
Location: Shenzhen, southeastern China
COFCO Qianhai Asia Pacific Headquarters Towers

Chicago-based architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has recently won the design competition for the new 129,000-square-meter, two-tower COFCO Qianhai Asia Pacific Headquarters complex, located in the emerging Qianhai district of Shenzhen, China. With investment from parent company COFCO Group, the 200-meter-tall COFCO Asia Pacific Tower will serve as the headquarters for the company?s Asia Pacific group, while the 180-meter-tall Aviva-COFCO Financial Tower will provide space for the Aviva-COFCO Life Insurance Company.
The two towers are nearly twins, with each tower composed of several slender bars that step back to reveal a series of internal atria and a sky terrace in the upper zones. The tower facades are defined by large, distinct frames and bespoke curtain walls that accentuate the buildings? verticality. Facades facing the park are slightly angled to enhance occupant views and maximize the view corridor between the two towers. The high-performance curtain walls are designed to remediate Shenzhen?s moderate tropical climate by providing external solar shading...