Foster + Partners connects pair of skyscrapers with 100-meter-high suspension bridge
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed two skyscrapers for drone manufacturer DJI in Shenzhen called DJI Sky City, which are connected by an open-air suspension bridge over 100 meters above the ground.
DJI Sky City consists of a pair of 200-metre-high skyscrapers that house the headquarters and innovation centre of Shenzhen-based robotics company and drone specialists DJI.
DJI Sky City was designed by Foster + Partners
The two skyscrapers are connected by a 90-meter-long suspension bridge, which is located over halfway up the structure, 105 metres above the ground.
The bridge will be attached to each of the towers vertically slatted cores, which both support a series of steel truss-encased, glass volumes that were stacked and cantilevered on top of one another at varying heights. It is comprised of two towers which are connected by a suspension bridge
The cantilevered blocks contain column-free office spaces that were made possible by the building's external truss systems. Some of the column-free interior spaces contain four-storey high dedicated drone flight testing labs.
The ground floor houses the building's public facilities, including a community healthcare centre, as well as its lobbies that each contain an indoor "zen" garden that extends from a rammed earth feature wall.
Read: DJI's headquarters designed by Foster + Partners will feature skybridge to showcase drones
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