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Project Name:
Beijing Mega Hall North District Master Planning
Design
Client:
Beijing Modern Hongyun Real Estate Development
Co., Ltd.
Nos. of Storeys:
Block A-C: 14-storeys
Block D-G: 28-storeys
Areas:
total built-up area: 221,090 sq.m.
gross
total built-up above ground: 177,790
sq. m gross
total built-up below ground:
43,300 sq. m gross |
Location:
Beijing, China
Site Area:
61,000 sq.m
Plot Ratio:
1:2.9
Date Start:
Completion Date:
Dec. 2002 (Design) |
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Design Features: Masterplan
The masterplan contains 7 residential towers. 4 of the
towers are 28-storey high and located on the south side,
while the 3 towers on the north are 14 storey high to
prevent overshadowing of the neighboring residential blocks.
The place will be unique and one of its kind found anywhere
in the world.
The project ecological
features are as follows:
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A central water feature is integrated
with public activity zones in between the apartment
towers to bring water into the landscape areas. |
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Eco-cells from level 2 to the
car park to provide natural light into the basement
to create security and helps with orientation. |
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The tower blocks are designed
to integrate with the ground plane while inducing
natural ventilation to the central atriums of each
tower. |
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All units have garden terraces
with extensive views. These increase the volume
of organic biomass to the development.
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The general design features
include:
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The vehicle-free landscaped areas
on level 2 to create an exclusive landscaped park
setting for pedestrians. |
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Central drop-off points on carpark
level (level 2) create a grand common vehicular
entry. |
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A ring road at level 1 acts as
a unified vehicular circulation system for efficient
traffic flow around the development lots. |
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The residential towers are orientated
to maximize panoramic views from the units. |
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The site is designed as a vehicle-free
landscaped park with buildings on top, appealing
to the contemporary living lifestyle. |
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The clubhouse and kindergarten
are located to the south of the site fronting the
main road. This provides the flexibility for the
management to sell its membership to the public
to provide extra income for the management. |
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Vehicular entry into the site
is restricted to 2 points only for security reasons.
Vehicle access to the park level is restricted to
the main entrance drop-off points emerging from
ramps up from the basement level. |
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One of the features of the design
is the sense of openness on the ground plane, achieved
through the use of the slim tower block massing,
with the core of the building lightly penetrating
the ground plane. |
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The angle of the buildings permits
through-views into the landscaped park when viewed
from the elevated highway and Mega Hall South District
development, as against confronting a wall of buildings.
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The buildings are offset one
from another to allow view corridors from the apartment
units into the central landscaped water feature.
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The park contains community spaces
with provision for various recreational facilities
such as a Tai Chi garden, playgrounds, a basketball
court, tennis courts, jogging track etc. The unique
feature of the park is its clear segregation from
vehicular traffic zones (below), making it safe
for children to play with little supervision. Jogging
tracks and footpaths provide pedestrian linkage
between every block of the development. |
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Site Planning Ecological Features:
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The park extends to the underside
of the residential blocks as residential towers
in a green park setting. The green area ratio is
over 70% and exceeds the minimum ratio provided
in the guidelines. The park shall be lushly planted
with trees to give increased greenery to the city
and will act as green lungs for the development. |
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The park is raised 4.0m above
street level. Parts of the site's boundaries are
earth mounded up to the park level. This gives the
appearance from street level that the development
sits in a park. |
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The park is raised 4.0m above
street level. Parts of the site's boundaries are
earth mounded up to the park level. This gives the
appearance from street level that the development
sits in a park. |
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The park will have extensive
water feature with exquisite landscaping. A central
water feature extends southeast to northwest of
the development as a focal element within the landscape
park. Bridges and walkways link the blocks on the
north and south sides of the water feature. |
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Within the park are "eco-cells",
which are air wells designed to bring daylight,
natural ventilation, rainwater and vegetation into
the basement below. |
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The towers are designed to optimize
views and reduce overshadowing of surrounding buildings.
The disposition and heights of the towers comply
with Beijing's overshadowing regulations. |
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The park receives sunlight at
all times of the year, in particular from 1pm to
2pm making it an ideal location during lunchtime.
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The development will be identifiable
from the surrounding roads and neighboring developments
by the ring of canopy trees at its perimeter, and
extensive landscaping. These trees provide shade
for the footpaths during Summer when the sun is
overhead. |
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The park is integrated with functions
below it through the "eco-cells", which
are air wells designed to bring daylight, natural
ventilation, rainwater and vegetation into the basement
below. The eco-cell reduces the need for mechanical
ventilation in the basement carparking, saving energy
cost. Bringing natural light into the basement makes
the carpark area more cheerful and draws people
to these spaces, also helping them to orientate
themselves in the basement. Ramps within the eco-cell
connect people to the park from the basement and
ground floor below. |
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| Project Team : |
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Principal-in-charge :
Dr. Ken Yeang
Design Architect :
Kenneth Cheong
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Project Architect:
Andy Chong
Project Team:
Kevin Chung
Nursuliana Binti Mat Yusof
Wiebke Dursthoff
Alistair Lucas
Azlan Mohd. Yusof
Natasha Navin
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