The project is a China headquarters building of the US-based IT companies. The site’s location is less than 30-minute metro distance away from Shanghai city center. It covers an area of 120,000m², the advantages of location and the size of area are both considered rare in the world.

As designers, we have to consider how to use these strengths, especially the huge volume, to create a unique architectural form, making it become a distinct landmark not only for the companies but also for the city.

Based on the concretization of grid, the low, medium and high-rise building are connected in a grid-like way, rising gradually from the office buildings (human scale) on the south to the high-rise buildings (building scale) which face the highway on the north. The fluctuation is directly reflected by the architecture, creating beautiful rolling hill alike scenery.

Compared to the surrounded straight high-rise buildings in the city, our design brings people the atmosphere of being in the Grand Canyon, experiencing a unique vigor and vitality in the bustling city.