Huaxia Center, China, Hangzhou Design, Modern Chinese Mixed-Use Architecture Photos
Huaxia Center in Hangzhou
5 Aug 2022
Architecture: PH Alpha Design
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, East China

Photos: LUOHAN Architechtural Photography
Huaxia Center, China
Located in the newly developed district of Hangzhou?Huaxia Center is a mixed-use development that includes grade A offices, a 5 star international hotel, a boutique shopping mall and a rain protected shopping street. It brings Hangzhou a trendy and high end retail destination.

With the innovative facade design using computed parametric perforated panels and minutely detailed with LEDs at the back, well-designed canopy of more than 150 meters in the shopping street and a roof top garden copping with Michelin-starred restaurant, Huaxia Center is seen as an art piece combing aesthetic, integration and function perfectly.
Shopping center is designed on the east side of the north road of shuicheng and the west side of the plot, so that its commercial value can be well extended from the city. The main entrance plaza is located at the southwest corner and northwest, which can enhance the visibility, making it a signature of the site. Commercial street is designed as independent blocks in varying density along the southern road, providing better visibility and accessibility towards the internal street, as a result to maximize its commercial value.

Not only to provide easier access, the design creates nodes at suitab...