Sited in a historic part of the city, Tianjin Liutai development is a 370,000sqm mixed-use development comprising seven residential towers, SOHO, office hotel, residential clubhouse and retail podium.
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The development goal is to revitalize the area while respecting its cultural and architectural legacy. The architectural intervention facilitates contemporary functions while respecting to the region's architectural history, which includes both Eastern and Western influences.
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The functional program and layout refer to historic Chinese planning. The design combines the spatial structure of the most distinctive part of courtyard building entity surrounded by enclosed commercial and residential building space, to create the independent activities of the middle open space. Combination of the courtyard patio philosophy, to create modern architecture, humane, polymerization of varied urban spatial form. The retail perimeter is activated at its poles by the inclusion of hotel, office, SOHO and a historic temple. Community services include on-site day care, public safety and health services.

Client: Paliburg 
Location: Tianjin, China 
Type: Mixed-use
Size: 370,000 sqm
Year: 2012