Huaxi Urban Centre Tower

By the looks of it your mind already thought this is another Dubai project. Wrong! The new Huaxi Urban Center will be built in China. The architectural design is gorgeous. The idea for the design was to move out the central core toward the exterior. The building  is wrapped in glass forming curves and pleats where air can flow.

These pleats branch and run across the building facades, linking to floor plenums on each level at several locations along the perimeter. A second layer of loose-fitting skin wraps the glass duct-skin, registering the pleats and shrouding the building. This shroud is made of perforated sheet metal. It acts as a sunscreen during the daytime, while nonetheless allowing views through.

At night, the glass ducts glow from behind the shroud, creating elegant color and depth effects, reflections, and silhouettes. Their freeform morphology and variegation begin to create associations with the lush natural terrain of the site.
Superb Design, congrats EMERGENT !

Via: Archinect

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