A new mixed-use development in Shenzhen, China designed by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) ambitiously pushes the "traditional boundaries between building and the urban context."
OMA's CMG Qianhai Global Trade Center project is described as a compressed "Micro City" that the firm believes will be an example of "a tower, a cluster, a neighborhood, and a city."
The clustered volumes aim to visually and physically connect two main towers, a cube-shaped volume in the center, and a lower building complex all into one harmonious development.
Due to Qianhai's surrounding urban landscape, OMA gave itself with the task of creating a development that would contribute to the city's "urban ambition." This transportation-focused development aims to connect the city's two main roads, a bus terminal, and three intersecting metro lines in addition to creating a hub for business, the arts, and the public.
The project's skybridge and cube-shaped building connecting the towers is said to create a "three-dimensional trajectory will tie all public and private programs together, allowing accessibility on all levels."
At a little over 360,000m² (3,875,008 square feet), the project is currently under construction and is set to be completed in 2024.
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oma seems to be going too far with the ironic use of violent formal gestures on massive boring slab buildings. it's almost like a post-modern treatment of miesian modernism...
OMA is turning into a caricature of itself.
Rem would say thats the whole point of OMA
OMA, Gang, BIG are all doing the same thing -- the generic glass office tower with a small "hint" of radicalism. A twist here or a bridge there. But it's really just corporate developer junk with a pretty design bow on top and a "designed by OMA" for the brochure.
it's the familiar pattern.. do something radical/avant-garde for a few years and as soon as it's marketable exploit it along with your followers (aka "employees") in order to sit back and have a comfortable life running around lecturing and installing bad museum exhibitions
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