China Mobile South Base

The Display Centre is the representative main building of the new company premises for China Mobile in Guangzhou. It is about 22 m high and its diameter increases from 45 m to 80 m at the top. The building has the shape of a hyperboloid, i.e. a large curved geometric form. Its facade consists of diamond elements.

Hyperboloid with Facade of Rhombus Elements

The double curvature results in offsets in each flat square glass field. They require a specially developed fully modular connecting and cladding construction. The interior reinforced concrete construction follows this external shape through ramps that move outwards over the height.