Recently, the WA Awards announced the 28th winners (WA Awards Winner) and the Shanghai Bao Ye Center project was selected for the WA Award (World Architecture Award).
Now in its 25th year since 2006, the World Architecture Community organizes the prestigious World Architecture Community Awards (WA Awards).The purpose of the WA Awards is to recognize exceptional projects that inspire exciting questions and topics about contemporary architecture. The criteria for evaluation are novelty, originality and creativity of design that reflects and inspires originality and dedication to the art of architecture. As the world of architecture seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice, the architects' interpretation of the designs and the jury members' discussion of the entries are as crucial as the designs themselves.
LYCS Architecture designs the headquarters building for Baoye Group is located in Lot 02 of the South Zone of Shanghai Hong Qiao Commercial District. Located on an L-shaped base within a trapezoidal plot, the scheme's form is based on a five-story volume rising vertically from the base, with some extrusion of the form according to the boundaries, combined with hollowing out of the interior, resulting in a whole of three buildings connected by connecting corridors of different heights. The main building encompasses offices and a rooftop garden, and its ground floor landscape actively connects the surrounding spaces, creating a free flowing semi-public space that fits the unique form of the main building. The parking, staff restaurant and café, leisure spa and staff dormitory are arranged underground and bring sunlight to the ground floor interior spaces through the height difference of the sunken plaza and the excavation of the ground floor. The project is a 3-star green building, LEED Gold, and is dedicated to creating an inspiring office environment that gives users a multi-layered architectural experience and sense of space. In dialogue with the complex diversity of the city, it takes into account the order of the classical Chinese garden, the visual perception, the volume relationship and the harmonious coexistence of the building and the courtyard.
