Archinect - News 2024-11-21T19:34:36-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150213720/oma-designed-mixed-use-podium-tower-opens-in-shenzhen OMA-designed mixed-use podium tower opens in Shenzhen Sean Joyner 2020-08-31T11:44:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/23/23d199ef1de3203d9232521f3263e748.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Prince Plaza, designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/382/oma" target="_blank">OMA</a> has opened in Shenzhen, China. The 200-meter tall tower offers 60,000 square meters of office space and sits on a 40,000 square meter podium mall. Located at a prominent view corridor linking the Nanshan mountains and the Shenzhen Bay, this monolith capitalizes on its surrounding panorama to maintain a connectedness to the outside urban landscape.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/384a053617b0fc131f8d1b667abea86b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/384a053617b0fc131f8d1b667abea86b.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a2e9d3fb396dc461be68c803f76f6c56.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a2/a2e9d3fb396dc461be68c803f76f6c56.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>"Prince Plaza engages with Shekou&rsquo;s dynamic context formed by its mountains and sea, industrial fabric from the early reform era, and recent skyscrapers," said OMA Managing PArtner David Gianotten in a statment. "Its three sky decks are important design features. They are public spaces for everyone to appreciate the area&rsquo;s natural environment through the city&rsquo;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."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/60/6080fa8cf3f9ed9b5b801e06f65b26ba.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/60/6080fa8cf3f9ed9b5b801e06f65b26ba.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/95b128bb0757e8db2cb1a6d1dc95cad2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/95b128bb0757e8db2cb1a6d1dc95cad2.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></figure></figure><p>Formally, the tower is a conglomeration of four bars attached to a central core. ...</p>