Prince Plaza in Shekou District, Shenzhen
Prince Plaza Shekou District Tower, Chinese Mixed-Use Building Design, Shenzhen Architecture Photos
Prince Plaza Tower in Shenzhen
28 Aug 2020
Prince Plaza, Shekou District
Design: OMA
Location: Shekou District, Shenzhen, China
Photos by Seth Powers
Prince Plaza, designed by OMA / David Gianotten and commissioned by CMSK (China Merchants Shekou Holdings) opens in Shenzhen, China. The mixed-use podium tower is located at Shekou?s most prominent view corridor linking the Nanshan mountains and the Shenzhen Bay.
An ensemble of four bars with multiple sky decks, the tower offers ideal vantage points for both tenants and the public to enjoy vistas of the city?s natural environment, while responding to the scale of the existing urban fabric.
OMA Managing Partner ? Architect David Gianotten: ?Prince Plaza engages with Shekou?s dynamic context formed by its mountains and sea, industrial fabric from the early reform era, and recent skyscrapers. Its three sky decks are important design features. They are public spaces for everyone to appreciate the area?s natural environment through the city?s main view corridor. They also break down the otherwise monolithic skyscraper to create an architecture respectable to buildings of distinctive scales in its surroundings.?
The 200-meter tall office tower offers 60,000 sqm office space. Its fluted façade, with extra wide glass panels, enable office tenants to visually connect with the mountains and the sea. The sky decks?serving both tenants...
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