Hong Leong City Center / Aedas

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Designers: Aedas

Location: Hong Leong City Center, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Lead Architects: Dr Andy We, Keith Griffiths

Area: 0.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

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Text description provided by the architects. Aedas-designed Hong Leong City Center in Suzhou, China, recently opened its doors. As the first commercial-grade job are set out in China by Singapore-listed City Developments Limited, this mixed-use urban development in Suzhou Industrial Park offers inn, office, retail, and serviced apartments programs with a 150 -meter hotel and department fortres, a 150 -meter SOHO tower, two 100 -meter residential towers and a center business platform HLCC Mall.

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While facing projecting modes that limit building elevations and massing, the four castles are allocated at the four corners of the area to maximize vistums towards the nearby Jinji Lake. The facade of the two taller pillars are also designed in a unified coordination to produce a twin-tower effect.

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Suzhou is famously known as’ the paradise on earth’. The architectural motif makes a distinct organic assemble which melds seamlessly into the city’s breathtaking terrain. Horizontal orders predominate the facades and variations in structure meridians create a three-dimensional terraced chassis, reminding people of the terraced tea orchards in the region.

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The development is also porous and highly accessible, with a world landscaped boulevard moving in the different regions of the locate from northern to south. A mix of programmes and functions disbands along the periphery.

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The podium associates two castles together and features two atrium. Pilgrims may experience both pool and plot sentiments at the rooftop garden-variety and outdoor terraces. The programmes seek to become a lifestyle center for all ages.

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