Gold Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2021
Linkong Biomedical Park Multifunctional Offices
- A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Wsp Architects
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 24,487
- Verification code 4004127307 · Verify this award
About Linkong Biomedical Park Multifunctional Offices
Linkong Biomedical Park is a research and production complex for the life science and biotechnology industry in Zhengzhou, China. The park includes an incubation and experiment center, pilot production buildings, large production plants, an exhibition center, a conference and catering center and living facilities. A central landscape belt divides the site into two zones and improves the efficiency of use. The plan is inspired by the double helix of DNA. Floor heights, column spans, structural loads and waste water treatment follow the technical needs of biomedical work.
Wsp Architects's Linkong Biomedical Park Multifunctional Offices exemplifies a sophisticated engagement with organic architectural form-making that has characterized some of the most innovative institutional design of the early twenty-first century, participating in broader conversations about how buildings might transcend their static nature to become dynamic participants in landscape systems rather than isolated objects upon neutral ground, the serpentine configuration of interconnected volumes creates what might be understood as an architectural embrace, with the building's arms reaching around to define protected interior courtyards while simultaneously opening outward to engage the surrounding parkland, this dual orientation speaks to the complex programmatic requirements of contemporary biomedical research environments which must balance the need for controlled interior conditions with recognition that human creativity and wellbeing flourish when connected to natural systems, the technical achievement evident in the seamless integration of extensive green roof systems demonstrates mastery of contemporary sustainable building technologies, with the living surfaces appearing to flow continuously from grade-level lawns up and over the building volumes in an unbroken topographic gesture, the glass curtain wall systems punctuating the white-banded horizontal planes provide generous natural illumination to interior spaces while the carefully articulated reveals and mullion patterns create subtle rhythmic variations across the facades, compositionally the work achieves remarkable balance between the centripetal forces drawing attention inward toward the courtyard heart and centrifugal energies extending outward into landscape, the chromatic restraint of the architectural palette allows the verdant greens to assume visual primacy establishing the building as fundamentally a garden structure, viewers might contemplate how this work reimagines the relationship between architecture and ecology, proposing that buildings need not merely minimize environmental impact but might actively contribute to the flourishing of living systems
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- Unique Properties
- It is the largest scale life science and biotechnology R & D and production innovation and entrepreneurship base in Henan Province with government led investment.Including incubation experiment comprehensive center, pilot production group, large-scale production plant, exclusive logistics system, exhibition center and perfect living facilities. the central landscape belt devided the part into two zones, maximizing the use efficiency, and reflecting the scientific nature of the overall layout.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Construction Land Area: 121071 Square Meters
Total Construction Area: 250133 Square Meters
Incubator Building: 39389 Square Meters
High Level R & D Office: 25736 Square Meters
Pilot Plant: 39192 Square Meters
General Laboratory: 47648 Square Meters
Animal Laboratory: 5000 Square Meters
Equipment Room: 1300 Square Meters
Conference and Catering Center: 5975 Square Meters
Apartment and Living Facilities: 36690 Square Meters
Distribution Facilities: 301 Square Meters
Sewage Treatment Station: 82 Square Meters
Underground Garage and Equipment Room: 49720 Square Meters
Plot Ratio: 1.76
Building Density: 35.46%
Green Space Rate: 16.18%
Highest Building Height: 80m
Parking Spaces for Motor Vehicles: 1356
Parking Spaces for Non Motor Vehicles: 1332 - Tags
- Biomedical, Industrial Park, Biomedical Technology, Industrial Ecology, City Landmark, Community Atmosphere, Life Supporting, Science and Technology Aesthetic
- Production Technology
- The project needs to solve the technical problems of biomedical research and production technology, such as the specific floor height, column span, structural load, special air conditioning equipment location, waste water treatment and safe discharge, cargo transportation streamline organization, and proper preservation of hazardous chemicals. All these special projects are planned and designed in strict accordance with relevant national and industrial specifications and the actual needs of enterprises.
- Design Challenge
- Architects have to face the challenge of combining the principles of planning and design with the demand of scientific research and production technology for space carrier in biomedical industry. From the macro planning concept to the construction of the space scene, and then to the realization of the construction details, this paper puts forward a complete creative solution, which fully presents the distinctive characteristics of biomedicine, a high-tech field from practical to aesthetic.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2017 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China and finished in September 2020 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Research
- The exhibition center formed by the free ellipse is located in the center of the axis, forming the main square of the park with the International Conference Center and incubation center in the south, and forming a sharp contrast with the modular pilot products in the north, which are square and round, free and rigorous. The sense of hierarchy and quality of the park shows the overall image of the park for the visitors at the first time. It is a model area ahead of the park.
- Inspiration
- The plan is inspired from "source of life" double-helix DNA, which is also the totem mark of the biomedical industry. The Exhibition Center manifests such unique features of the biomedical industry characterized by sense of science and technology, insight into the future.Based on the axis of life, the park creates a central landscape belt of 200000 square meters.
- Image Credits
- Image #1:Photographer Gao Feng
Image #2:Photographer Gao Feng
Image #3:Photographer Gao Feng
Image #4:Photographer Gao Feng
Image #5:Photographer Gao Feng
Video Credits: Wsp Architects
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