RMJM’s design for the Zhengzhou Boaneng International Finance and Trade Centre in Henan Province, a central and historical area of China, aims to merge tradition with urbanism in a project that will deliver a huge uplift to the region. The client and local government are intending to construct a complex building cluster on the new urban axis facing the Zhengzhou East Railway Station and Liquid Plaza.

RMJM’s holistic design harnesses the core zone of Shang and Zhou and the Chinese culture of Li, which seeks to establish a harmonious relationship between humans and nature. Key to RMJM’s thinking was using the urban axis to set
the buildings in a way which invokes ancient cities of the past and their guiding principles. 

The design of the three towers is tightly connected follows a similar concept with Liqi, the material carrier of Li Culture, providing inspiration. Two historical relics shape the towers – the Lotus and Crane Hu and the Fuhao Rectangular Jia – giving the towers a fluent and delicate form. The main tower is 369m high and contains boutique offices below and a 5-star hotel above. The texture of
the main tower and vice towers shows the form of Yin & Yang, a key symbol of Chinese philosophy. 

The project provides well-thought solutions to the clients needs and brings traditional Chinese elements to an urban environment.