Golden A' Design Award Winner 2021
Wsp Architects's Linkong Biomedical Park Multifunctional Offices presents itself through an elevated aerial perspective that reveals a distinctive serpentine architectural form composed of flowing S-curved volumes that embrace and define interior courtyard spaces with remarkable spatial choreography, the building's undulating profile created through continuous ribbon-like structures that weave organically across the landscape, establishing a dynamic dialogue between constructed form and natural terrain that speaks to contemporary biophilic design principles, the compositional architecture follows a spiral logic reminiscent of golden ratio proportions as the curvilinear masses spiral inward creating nested spatial hierarchies, the chromatic palette establishes a sophisticated interplay between the verdant emerald and viridian greens of the living roof surfaces and surrounding parkland against the crisp neutrality of white and silver aluminum and glass curtain wall systems, tonal values distribute across a full range from the deep shadows beneath cantilevered overhangs to brilliant highlights dancing across reflective glazing surfaces, the lighting paradigm suggests late afternoon golden hour illumination arriving from the upper left quadrant casting elongated shadows that accentuate the volumetric complexity of the intertwining forms, spatial construction employs dramatic perspectival recession as the aerial vantage point compresses the horizontal planes while emphasizing the sculptural verticality of the glass facades, textural contrasts emerge between the soft organic quality of lawn surfaces both at grade and atop the green roofs against the hard precision of paving patterns stone hardscape and architectural metalwork, edge behaviors alternate between the crisp linear boundaries of the building perimeter and the soft dissolution where green roof transitions into surrounding landscape, stylistic attribution places this work firmly within contemporary parametric and organic architecture traditions resonant with approaches pioneered by practices emphasizing landscape integration and sustainable design, the atmospheric resonance conveys a sense of institutional optimism and environmental consciousness appropriate to biomedical research contexts while the serpentine embrace of the courtyard spaces suggests nurturing protective qualities that honor both human occupants and ecological systems
Zhengzhou Linkong biomedical park is divided into the South and the north according to its functions. The designer uses the East-West life axis in the middle to realize the North-South dialogue through the free walking curve, making the park a unified whole. It has built a new modular production center and a pilot production center in the north of the park. The core of the space uses the double helix structure to derive the vertical space combined with the central landscape. It pays homage to the most important source code of modern biomedical industry gene DNA.