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Considering a rare urban park setting, a modest 2-story office volume should not stand as a primary showcase within the park's central focus. Rather, it should serve to help define one boundary of the park, gently integrating with the landscape. Therefore, placing this volume at the southeast corner, the only accessible entrance for vehicles, serves as a regulatory interface for the park's boundary. Simultaneously, the design of the volume adopts a simple meandering shape, evoking a defensive imagery on its southern side while enclosing pedestrian green spaces on the northern side.
The urban block is located within the Inner Ring Road of Changchun City, surrounded by dense developments. The special fan-shaped core park is encircled by high-rise residential buildings to the northwest, north, and east. To the southeast lies a large kindergarten, while the south and southwest sides feature low-rise buildings, taller fitness facilities, and undeveloped medical and health care land. Users primarily enter and connect through the pathways of the residential area on the north side.
In response to the gently undulating park landscape, although the building mass is situated on the south side, the use of a low-rise 2-story horizontal structure minimizes overshadowing of the park, providing a favorable habitat for plants. Additionally, the pathway for underground parking is presented in a gentle ramp style, replacing the common practice of exposed ground-level driveways, effectively reducing construction carbon emissions. The exterior walls of the building, apart from considering visual transparency, also focus on controlling the window-to-wall ratio to minimize energy consumption during severe cold climates.
To seamlessly blend the building with the park, its meandering shape features gentle curved corners to avoid sharp impressions. A sunken plaza on the southeast side connects with sloped green landscapes. Utilizing horizontal skylight overhangs and slender vertical floor-to-ceiling columns at the southwest corner adds richness to the facade. Recessed outdoor plazas on the southwest and northwest sides allow gradual permeation of open space. A 30-meter-wide floor-to-ceiling landscape glass curtain wall on the first floor frames the indoor landscape, while a second-floor balcony extends 5 meters deep, providing outdoor leisure opportunities. The exterior walls feature sculpted stone walls paired with glass curtain walls, facilitating indoor-outdoor flow. A large void at the center of the interior space forms the interactive core.
The meandering form and placement of the structure seamlessly integrate with the site's surroundings, promising to be a harmonious office space that coexists with the park.
Founded in 2010, H&H Design seamlessly integrates urban planning, architecture, and interior design with a pure concept. We strive to create spaces with a futuristic essence, embodying the idea of technology concealed within nature.
