High-rise, Zhengzhou
Christian Kerez- Typologies Headquarters / office Tower Commercial / Office
- Material Glass
- City Zhengzhou
- Country China
Christian Kerez’s studio, based in Zurich, has designed a thirty-story tower in Zhengzhou, the largest city in the province of Henan, in the center of China. The project by the Swiss team proposes a structure that becomes lighter as it rises to adapt to stress variations. This approach marks a contrast with most projects of this type, where the floor plans are identical in spite of being submitted to very different degrees of stress. A first project, with hundreds of braces along the perimeter, underwent dramatic alterations so as to adapt to the fire prevention regulations in the region, finally taking shape as a building that is held by pairs of leaning pillars...[+]
Rascacielos en Zhengzhou 1
High-rise in Zhengzhou 1
Christian Kerez
Colaboradores Collaborators
Junjie Yan, Hermes Killer (arquitectos architects); Xin Zhao, Shixin Jiang —Tongji Architectural Design Group— (ingenieros estructurales structural engineering)
Consultores Consultants
Joseph Schwartz, Neven Kostic —Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG—, ZUG (estructura structural consultant)
Rascacielos en Zhengzhou 2
High-rise in Zhengzhou 2
Christian Kerez
Colaboradores Collaborators
Junjie Yan, Angela Schütz, Yuxing Yi, Philip Poon (arquitectos architects); Xin Zhao, Shixin Jiang —Tongji Architectural Design Group— (ingenieros estructurales structural engineering), Mir (infografía p53 rendering p53)
Consultores Consultants
Joseph Schwartz, Neven Kostic —Dr. Schwartz Consulting AG—, ZUG (estructura structural consultant)
