Thursday, March 08, 2012

Wangfujing Mixed-Use Center / Latitude Studio with BIAD

Wangfujing Mixed-Use Center / Latitude Studio with BIAD

Courtesy of Latitude Studio

The Wangfujing Center in Beijing, China is a mixed-use space designed byLatitude Studio. The intention of the proposal is to design an architectural solution that provides a container for an endless possibility of experiences. To achieve this, Latitude Studio considered the role of the atrium in Roman architecture, which injects the space with light and air.

Read on for more on this project after the break.

Courtesy of Latitude Studio

The approach to the project was first considered on different levels of spatial conditions: social, urban, and architectonic. The mass of the program is manipulated with the objective to create a sectional urbanism where opposite activities and uses areset up in a successive sequence. The proposal is based on a building with... [via Arch Daily]