Architecture studio KPF has unveiled plans to turn the Foster + Partners-designed HSBC tower in Canary Wharf, London, into "a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future".
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) will turn the office building at 8 Canada Square, which is owned by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) into a mixed-use development in that development partner Canary Wharf Group (CWG) calls "one of the world's largest redevelopment projects".
Once completed, the building will have workspaces, as well as cultural and leisure destinations and entertainment spaces.
The redesigned skyscraper will have multiple cut-out terraces
Renders show the 200-metre-tall skyscraper, which currently has a closed steel-and-glass facade, given multiple cut-out terraces that will function as breakout spaces. Visuals also show an outdoor basketball court and a pink outdoor spiral staircase.
At the highest levels of the 45-floor building, multiple floors will be carved out to create set-back terraces and a design that leaves the top floor partly "floating" above the rest, supported by slim pillars.
It will hold leisure and entertainment spaces as well as workspaces
"We are extremely excited to collaborate with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and CWG to reimagine the single-use office building as a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future," design principal at KPF Elie Gamburg said.
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