The National Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development organized the evaluation of the 2020 National Green Building Innovation Award to promote green building innovation and high-quality development of green buildings.
The award list was recently announced, and the Shanghai Baoye Center designed by LYCS Architecture was awarded the second prize of the National Green Building Innovation Award 2020.
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.
