Qingdao Innovation Park, Office Buildings China, Chinese Towers Design, Architecture Project
Qingdao Innovation Park
Building Development in China: Six Office Towers: ? design by RTA-Office Architects
page updated 29 Dec 2016 with new images ; 3 Jun 2015
Qingdao Innovation Park
Design: RTA-Office, architects
Location: Qingdao, China

RTA-Office won 1st prize in the competition of Qingdao?s Innovation Park design back in June 2015.

The project belongs to a greater (1 million square meters) development scheme that targets IT companies from all over Qingdao.

The winning proposal is set for construction next year.

RTA-Office?s project occupies a privileged place, at the center of the development area and is comprised of a total of six office towers: two tall buildings of 160 m, two of 100 m and two adjacent buildings of 70 m each.
The design was made under rigorous volumetric constraints: the two existing towers, the local regulations, the client?s request and the position of the site imposed a symmetrical configuration.

The four main office towers are organized along an axis that accentuates the main entrance in the office complex.

These towers are connected by a detached ?podium? containing all the public functions of the office buildings; this gesture generates a covered public space that draws people inside.

The building?s shape and façade was designed in response to one major question: how to create a complex and iconic shape that is also efficient for an office b...