Smart Building of Headquarters Economy Park for Alumni Corporation of Zhejiang[ˈdʒʊəˈdʒʌŋ] University

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Client: Zhejiang University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Institute Co., Ltd.

Located in Future Sci-Tech Block, Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, the site serves as phase II of Zhejiang University alumni enterprise headquarters, accommodating office complex of 1 million square meters. Among them, the core project Smart Building undertakes the dual tasks of urban image and functional innovation. The main functions of the podium are smart service platform, public exhibition halls, academic lecture halls and multi-functional halls. The standard floors of the office building mainly set up large-space innovative industrial platforms. The project, with its “stacks of books” image, strives to carry forward the cultural heritage of Zhejiang University while conveying a new architectural appearance oriented towards the future.

The building is adjacent to the urban secondary road - Cangxing Street, and surrounded by three other plots, which endows it with the dual attributes of park heart and demonstration area. Under this location advantage, architects align with the regional positioning of "intelligence + technology", presenting a unique rhythm through the twisting and stacking volume. The podium is elevated from the ground, so as to connect the east and west squares. Centering on "publicness" and "openness", it contributes an important accessible public space, integrating the park and city as a whole. In terms of overall form, the building does not win by height, but adopts a horizontally segmented form, standing out from the surrounding high-rise buildings. The architectural color tone is mainly terracotta red, with greyish white and champagne gold as complementary colors. The facade design of the podium is made of red wedge-shaped terracotta panels, while the upper part features horizontal white sunshades and is backed by perforated aluminum panels in the color of terracotta red. To achieve a smooth, delicate and light effect, architects adopt aluminum alloy profile louvers and make a fine fit at the arc-shaped connector. The width of the inner transverse keel was also controlled to the greatest extent to increase the viewing area. In the meanwhile, to ensure the integrity of the facade, the design adopts a mechanical smoke exhaust system. Only few opening fans that meet the basic ventilation requirements are retained and set at the very bottom of the curtain wall, which can guarantee the purity of the viewing sight. The roof is assembled of champagne-gold perforated aluminum panels that fall layer by layer, which not only cover large facilities, but create a traditional Chinese style atrium with artistic conception of four streams converging into the hall. As a public service center and an innovative office complex, the design particularly emphasizes the flexibility and compatibility of its internal spaces. The combination of structural column grid is flexible and the spatial depth is relatively large. The core tube is arranged at the corner of the plane, which is convenient for the internal space to be flexibly divided into single or multiple unit for use, adapting to the industrial characteristics of large space and great cooperation of the modern intelligent times.