Siemens Shanghai
The new Siemens administration building is located in the Yangpu District in Shanghai. The building complex creates a modern, contemporary and attractive quarter in historical reference to the “Li-Longs”. The complex consists of four buildings, which together have a gross floor area of 35,000 m².
Facades, Highly Innovative and Highly Transparent
These rectangular, cubic structures, which are arranged offset to each other, create a multifaceted interplay of open spaces, small squares and water areas, which alternate with artistically designed green areas. Some of the clear-cut cubic buildings have plinths in front of them, which in turn contain interior courtyards.
Special features of the complex are the highly innovative, double-skin, fully-elemental standard facade and a highly transparent special rope facade construction in the main access lobby area.
Architecture
gmp, Hamburg/Germany
Planning time
2006 − 2008
Construction time
2007 − 2011
Services by Werner Sobek
- Structural engineering
- Facade engineering (up to design development phase,
check of detailed design drawings by local partner office, check of shop drawings by contractors,
production and site installation inspection)
GFA
35,000 m²
Client
Siemens Real Estate (SRE) and Siemens Ltd. China (SLC)
Photography
Christian Gahl, Berlin/Germany