Press Release
Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office and Commercial by Aedas Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Aedas honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office and Commercial by Aedas, designed for Chongqing Gaoke Group Co., Ltd., has been granted the Golden A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
Regarding Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office and Commercial
Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd is an office tower located in Chongqing, China. The building rises to a height of 201 metres and is defined by a double curved facade. The facade links the northern and eastern sides from bottom to top, and the form was inspired by the dancing aurora. Rectilinear volumes are set beside tower surfaces with double curves. The maximum twisting angle reaches 8.8 degrees per floor. Cold bent glass and building information modelling were used to resolve the complex geometry. The tower was completed in 2022.
About Aedas
Aedas is the world’s only local and global architecture and design practice driven by global sharing of research, local knowledge and international practice. Our 1,200 creative minds with design studios across the globe create world-class design solutions with deep social and cultural understanding of the communities we design for. We are diverse by design. Aedas brings together expertise from across the world. Each project includes designers that understand and respect the social and cultural needs of the local community they are designing for.
Award Record
This recognition makes Aedas a winner of 30 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2022 - 2023 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Entries typically include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. Awarded architectural projects are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/149508
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149508
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149508
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/219305
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/3IBToDe
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Chongqing Gaoke Group Ltd Office and Commercial
- Function
- Office and Commercial
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Cornflower Blue, Light Steel Blue, Light Blue, Slate Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Chongqing Gaoke Group Co., Ltd.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Aedas
- Country
- Hong Kong (China)
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #149508
Credits
- Team
- Ken Wai, Global Design Principal
- Image Credits
- Arch-Exist Photography
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This 201M high office tower has the strong feature of Double-Curved Façade, which put it among one of “The Most Twisting Towers in the World”.
- Inspiration
- Inspired by the dancing aurora, the designer introduced an impressive façade design through bottom-to-top connections between northern and eastern sides. The ‘dance of light’ is characterized by the juxtaposition of rectilinear forms and tower façades with double curves.
- Realization and Technology
- The unique twisting results in a high double-curvature ratio, which poses a major challenge for the overall façade system. The team and RFR joint hands to leverage the cold bend glass technique and BIM on complex geometry façade for a magic solution. From overall geometry analysis, façade component modelling & clash-checking, LOD400 detail component modelling, automotive data exporting and auditing, 3D BIM has been utilized throughout the entire façade design process.
- Project Duration and Location
- Completion Year: 2022 Location: Chongqing, China
- Specifications
- To achieve a very smooth transition of the glass façade, the design uses double-curved cold form glass instead of the usual or more common faceted method. The maximum twisting angle is up to 8.8 degrees per floor surpassing the existing super high-rise tower in the world by nearly 1.5 times (CTBUH Journal, 2016 Issue 3). The system of cold bend glass on the 3D frame façade component enables a maximum of 86mm in glass deviation between floors, realizing a record-breaking design in China.
- Keywords
- Gaoke, Aedas, Most-Twisting, Double-Curve, Hyperbolic, Dance-of-light, Dancing-Aurora
