New Beijing Poly Plaza
office/mixed in Beijing, China
The New Beijing Poly Plaza is a building complex in Dongcheng, Beijing, China. Completed in 2007 for the China Poly Group Corporation, it houses the company headquarters, other office space, retail, restaurants, and the Poly Museum.
The New Beijing Poly Plaza sits northeast of the Forbidden City on the 2nd Ring Road, near the Beijing Subway entrance of Exit D of Dongsi Shitiao Station of Line 2.
Its large atrium looks out onto a major highway intersection and across the road to the earlier China Poly Headquarters.
Architecture
For their new headquarters, China Poly Group wanted a design that would reflect their multiple corporate interests in a unified structure.
The structure has three main components: an L-shaped office building, a 21-story high glass-enclosed atrium, and a hanging structure referred to as the 'lantern.'
The overall footprint on the 65,000-square-meter site is of a right triangle. Each leg of the L-shaped building measures 76.5 m long by 22.5 m wide. The hypotenuse of the triangle is formed by a glass cable-net wall faces northeast, and reduces the overall exterior surface area of the building, helping to moderate the interior climate. The south and west walls of the building deflect direct summer sun with a travertine fin-wall and brise soleil shades that don't obstruct views. The travertine façade is illuminated with fluorescent lights, emphasizing even at night the building's play of light and shadow.
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