Explore A Helix Of Corridors In This Sculptural Sales Center In Shanghai
2024 Best of Year Winner for Sales Center
Wrapped in interwoven, ribbonlike GRC staircases that make the building appear as if in constant rotational motion, West Bund Orbit in Shanghai, an exhibition hall with exterior by Heatherwick Studio and interiors by Wutopia Lab, is unabashedly sculptural. The sense of movement continues inside, where behind a swooping CNC-carved marble wall that forms a sort of secondary facade—a visual whirlwind set behind the curtain wall—is the main events space, with a ceiling that soars to 32 feet. From here, a helix of corridors and multifunctional zones unscroll, inspired by the idea of a vortex. They terminate on the top level, where, under a domed skylight, model structures are displayed to would-be clients.
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YU TING; LIRAN SUN; PAN DALI; KUANG ZHOU; XIONG JIAXING; WANG SIZHE; ZHANG NAIYUE; VI CHEN; GU XIANG; ZENG RUI; GAO BOLONG (WUTOPIA LAB); NEIL HUBBARD; FRANCIS NG; CONSUELO MANNA; MARY SUEN; STUART MACALISTER; NICOLAS OMBRES; KACPER CHMIELEWSKI; MARCO MAZZOTTA; LEO CHEUNG; BRANDO POSOCCO (HEATHERWICK STUDIO).
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