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Architecture

Sky SOHO

  • Shanghai, China
  • 2010 – 2014
  • SOHO China Ltd.
  • Built
  • 342500m2
  • 11 levels Above Ground 220,000 m2
  • Office 196,000 m2
  • Retail 23,000 m2
  • Below ground 123,000 m2

Located in the Linkong Economic Park within the Hongqiao Business Zone, and served by its transportation hub with subway, rail, and close to Shanghai city centre and the airport, Sky Soho connects multinational, national and local enterprises with local residents.

The concept for the new mixed-use building is the underlying simplicity four parallel slabs. This design provides the convenience and flexibility of a simple modular system based on a 8.4 meter grid and a building depth of approximately 18 meters. The envelope is defined by four main components: four elongated elements tied together by a sinuous retail podium and continuous metallic ribbon that connects them, and a green roof, like calligraphy.

These four primary elements are ‘squeezed’ together in their centre to configure intimate courtyards framed by connecting bridges that create a wholly integrated spatial experience with dynamic interior and exterior public spaces.

Architect

Zaha Hadid Architects

Design

Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher

Project Director

Manuela Gatto

Project Architect

Edgar Payan (phases SD, DD, CD)
Yoshi Uchiyama (Construction Administration)

Associate Consultant (Site supervision)

Satoshi Ohashi

Lead Facades

Alberto Barba, Maria Rodero (Design stages), Kaloyan Erevinov (Construction Supervision)

Lead Interiors

Claudia Glass Dorner (Schematic Design Stages)
Mei-Ling Lin (Construction Supervision)

Lead Landscape

Samson Lee

Project Team

Arturo Revilla, Muriel Boselli, Chao-Ching Wang, Ai Sato, Michael Harris, Dennis Brezina, Claudia Doner, Mei-Ling Lin, Osbert So, Pierandrea Angius, Diego Perez Espitia, Kaloyan Erevinov, Laurence Dudeney, Albert Ferrer, Leonid Krykhtin, Mu Ren, Kwanphil Cho, Evgeniya Yatsyuk, Lauren Barclay, Henning Hansen, Ben Kikkawa, Nicholette Chan, Michael Grau, Sarah Thurow, Adrian Krezlik, Chiwai Chan, Gordana Jakimovska, Ed Gaskin, Andrea D’imperio, Samson Lee, Shaowen Deng, Will Chen, Joei Kung, Maren Klasking, Carlos Parraga-Botero

Competition Team

Ergin Birinci, Maria Tsiorni, Michael Rissbacher, Seda Zirek, Spyridon Kaprinis, Xiaosheng Li

Local Design Institute

SIADR : Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research, Ltd.

Structural

SIADR : Shanghai Institute of Architectural Design & Research, Ltd.

MEP / Services

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Sustainability

AECOM

Facade

Thornton Tomasetti

Lighting

Lightdesign