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MIXED USE ARCHITECTURE, SKYSCRAPERS, COMMERCIAL

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• ZHENGZHOU, CHINA

Architects: gmp Architects: Meinhard von Gerkan,

Stephan Schütz, Nicolas Pomränke

Area: 746000 m²

Year: 2018

Photographs: ZMG China, Jianghe Zeng

Lighting Design: conceptlicht GmbH, Traunreut

Structural Design: Schlaich Bergermann Partner

Landscape Design: WES und Partner

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Text description provided by the architects. Zhengzhou, the
capital of Henan Province, is experiencing ongoing growth.
According to current estimates, the metropolis on the Yellow
River will have over 11 million inhabitants by 2020. In order to
prepare for this development, a new railway station has been
built in recent years to the east of the city to create a central
traffic interchange.

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The new buildings by gmp close off an urban design axis to the
west, an axis that leads from the new railway station towards
the city center. Like an entrance door to the city, the high-rise
buildings form a vertical counterpoise to the horizontal
building of the railway station. A plaza between the towers
forms a linking element. Owing to their height of 284 meters,
the twin towers are significantly higher than the other high-
rise buildings in the vicinity and, as identity-creating buildings
in the skyline of Zhengzhou, are visible from afar.

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The 63 stories of the Greenland Towers accommodate mostly
offices. One tower comprises about 232,000 square meters—a
comparatively large area for a high-rise building of this height,
which is due to the very large area per floor of 4,000 square
meters. This makes it possible to flexibly divide the floor area
of each floor into up to 15 units.

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At their base, both towers have to their side L-shaped plinth
buildings that accommodate commercial functions. By
separating the towers from the plinth buildings, there is
unrestricted access to the lobbies of the towers from all sides.
Almost 12,000 people cross the foyer of each tower every day
on their way to the upper floors.

In plan, the layout of the towers has been arranged offset in

windmill fashion around the square core of the building. All
offices benefit from natural ventilation via concealed openings
in the facade profiles. With the sky lobbies on every eighth
floor, the office towers have prestigious areas in the vertical
that can be used in many different ways by the local
companies. An unusual feature in a high-rise building of this
size is that the employees are given the opportunity to use an
outside terrace at high level and, from here, to enjoy the view
across the cityscape of Zhengzhou.

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The top stories of the Greenland Towers accommodate the
eight-story Sky Atrium, which is reserved for exclusive
functions: the co-called “Sky Commerce” with restaurants,
shops, and a spa extends across three floors next to the
atrium. Luxurious offices in the north tower and exclusive club
facilities and apartments in the south tower make up the
uppermost floors of the towers. With the Sky Atrium, an
attractive public venue has been created for art exhibitions
and concerts, thus enriching vertical urban life in China with a
new attraction at a height of 240 meters.

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Address: Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not

exact address.

Published on July 17, 2018

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