Designed by WSP ARCHITECTS,  Zhengzhou Linkong Biopharmaceutical Park is the largest innovative and entrepreneurship base for R&D and production of life science and biotechnology in Henan Province, China. Its innovation, cutting-edge and unlimited potential for development are all important factors for designers to consider.

The curvilinear passage that one can roam about serves as the life axis and connects the north and the south of the park. The exhibition center of the elliptical form, whose design is integrated into the central landscape, is located in the center of the axis. Its well-arranged layering and sense of quality make it the landmark building that precedes the construction of the park.
Photography: RUIJING Photography Together with the international conference center and incubator center in the south, the exhibition center forms the main square of the park as well as forming a sharp contrast with the square modulization pilot products in the north–circular symbolizes freedom while square represents preciseness.

The curve modeling, spiral and irregular, endows the exhibition center with a quiet power in its soft stretch and retract. It is also an architectural language borrowed to pay tribute to DNA, the most important source code of modern biopharmaceutical industry.

The core space of the center uses double helix structure, thus creates a vertical space combined with the central landscape. Its exterior uses metal louvers hovering from the surf...