The transformation of Z31 commercial podium building of CrownePlaza Hotel located on Chunxi road, Chengdu is located in the old city center of Chengdu.
The main building is Crowne Plaza five-star hotel. As an independent commercial podium building, how to respect the original character and reflect the owner's fashion and commercial demands?
The ground floor is a boutique retail store. Considering the combination of main streets near the city and the architectural form, we opened several hundred square meters of empty public space on the first floor as the entrance hub of the whole podium building.
Inside 2F-3F, the original atrium is used to set up the escalator to form an independent catering area; 4F-5F is “We Work” shared office space. The dining area, the shared office area and the cultural &recreational area all have public greener, which forms the public open space with vertical relationship between the empty space on the first floor and the public greenery on the terrace.
The building facade materials are made of light yellow aluminum panels to echo the main building color, and ensure the overall appearance of the central commercial district of Zongfu road.
Considering the horizontal and light influences of original main building stone facade. We adopted standard size grooves combination to present horizontal moldings with different width. The curve terrace of facade combined with integral curve modeling underlines the simple style of the commercial podium building and keep the essence of original building as well.It also provides the old town a commercial center in a half-open vertical space.
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