Architects:CLOU architects

Area :80000 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Qingshan Wu

Lead Architect :Phi Wenhui Lu

Client : Vantone

Design Director : Jan Felix Clostermann

Partner : Christian Taeubert

City : Hangzhopu

Country : China

The Vantone Center is an 80,000 sqm mixed-used complex, merging retail, office space and SOHO apartments into one destination. This project is designed to accommodate the multifaceted demands of a contemporary lifestyle.

The project site is located in the Yuhang ‘Future Science and Technology City’. Five years ago, when we conducted our first site visit in Yuhang District, still lined with villages and farm lands, it was considered the fringes of Hangzhou. The grand-scale development which would remodel Yuhang into a new economic centre awaited commencement, and all its sites were poised for transformation. Therefore, our challenge was to envisage a design solution that could respond to inevitable changes. In the near future, how could our project take a clear position along a rapidly shaping skyline?