First building on Zaha Hadid Architects' Unicorn Island nears completion
Zaha Hadid Architects has released a video revealing a sinuous white exhibition centre that it is close to completing on Unicorn Island in Chengdu, China.
Start-Up exhibition and conference centre will be the first building to reach completion in the Unicorn Island masterplan, which Zaha Hadid Architects is developing for the Chengdu government on the eastern shore of Xin Long Lake.
The island is being developed to support the growth of China's technology and research sectors by catering for unicorns companies ? start-ups with a value of at least $1 billion (£767 million).
Zaha Hadid Architects is nearing completion of the Start-up exhibition and conference centre in Chengdu
"With China's economy evolving from traditional industries to internet and technology-based organisations, the country is now home to a third of the world's technology start-ups valued at over a billion US dollars ? termed 'unicorn companies," explained the studio. "A mixed-use masterplan for 70,000 researchers, office staff, residents and visitors, Unicorn Island has been designed to enhance the wellbeing of its community."
The building forms part of the studio's masterplan for Unicorn Island. Visual is by Zaha Hadid Architects and Negativ.com
Plans for the 67-hectare Unicorn Island scheme were first revealed in 2018 when OMA shared its entry to a competition for the masterplan held by the Chengdu government. Zaha Hadid Architects has now been revealed as the studio behind the sch...
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