Olympic Vanke Centre and Evergreen Ginkgo

LWK & Partners (HK) Ltd. (LWK) has successfully reinterpreted the podium-tower typology with Olympic Vanke Centre. Led by LWK Director Ferdinand Cheung, design team created this innovative working hub, which promotes interactions, active engagement and sustainability.

Olympic Vanke Centre located in the heart of the Qianjiang Century City district, a Central Business District (CBD) of Hangzhou at the door of the 2022 Asian Games Village.

Olympic Vanke Centre has a site area of 13,969 sq. m., and a gross floor area of 95,521 sq. m. The development includes two office towers, a shared podium, and three underground levels. The taller Tower A is 23 storeys tall, while the lower Tower B is 21 storeys tall. The two towers share a 5-level podium, partially lifted to maximise pedestrian fluidity at the ground level. The orientation of the two towers opens up view corridors relative to each other and the neighbouring development, and minimises shadow casted on each other. 

In terms of design concept, pivoted around a landscaped void at the very heart of the site, the lifted podium rotates and shears horizontally to open up cascading outdoor terraces with a spectrum of degree of publicness. The ‘unscrewing’ force turns parasitic to erode the main tower up to its crown, chipping off the massing to unveil a roof terrace dedicating to the city’s spectacles.

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