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Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex by Peng Architects Inc. commands the viewer's attention through twin sculptural towers that rise in sinuous helical forms against a luminous cerulean sky punctuated by…
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Gold Architecture · 2022

Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex

by Peng Architects

  • Golden A' Design Award 2022 in Architecture
  • CLIENT: Peng Architects
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 27,891
  • Verification code 79E47FBCA9 · Verify this award
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About Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex

Nam Kwong Diehu Center is a mixed-use complex designed for Qidong, Jiangsu, China. The site lies in the central business district, next to Diehu Lake. The design is divided into three plots. One plot holds the working and commercial areas, and two plots hold the residential areas. The form of the twin towers is inspired by the shape of a butterfly, following the local name of Diehu Lake. The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. Ecological residences and fitness parks support a healthy community.

About the Golden A' Design Award

Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Nam Kwong Diehu Center Complex creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.

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Unique Properties
Located in the CBD area of the city, the project is next to the Diehu Lake, the main landscape of the central axis. The site is divided into three parts. As the working and commercial area, plot A is in the Diehu Park plot, adjacent to Qidong Cultural and Sports Center. As the residential area, plots B1 and B2 are separated from Plot A by the city's main road, Huangpujiang Road. The project site has a significant advantage and aims to create an iconic landmark for Qidong City.
Dimensions & Packaging
The complex covers a total area of 304,000 square meters. The site is close to Diehu Lake and Qidong Municipal Government, and the area will become the central business district of Qidong New City in the future. Viewed from the landmark twin towers, the most shocking scenery on the lake come into sight while enjoying the panoramic view of the Diehu Lake.
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Architecture, complex, modern, building, lake
Production Technology
With the objective of "backyard of Shanghai and Qidong Citizens' Leisure Circle, as well as a Great Healthy Ideal Community", the complex will become a healthy community featured ecological residences with fitness parks. The project integrates new lifestyle, and opens a new chapter in Qidong with a butterfly form to express the inheritance of the times
Design Challenge
Diehu Lake Park is the largest ecological park in Qidong, and there are newly built Qidong Cultural and Sports Center and Grand Theater. The public cultural facilities and the natural resources of the large landscape around Diehu Lake is integrated in the project, connecting the road system of the Lake.
Research
Following the master-plan of "One City and Three Districts", the project emphasizes the big health theme, building a life and health science and technology city, reflecting the three themes of ecology, technology and health, and creating a healthy city circle in Diehu Lake.
Inspiration
Inspired by Diehu Lake, also called the butterfly lake, the design concept comes from the shape of butterfly. The two wings of the butterfly cater to the volume of the twin towers. Standing by the lake like a three-dimensional butterfly, the building means that Qidong City is welcoming the first light on the east side and developing into an international city just like the transformation of butterfly.
Project Duration
The project designed in April 2019 in Qidong, Jiangsu, China. it is unbuilt yet.
Operation Flow
The site is close to Diehu Lake and Qidong Municipal Government, and the area will become the central business district of Qidong New City in the future.

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