AIA UK Virtual Building Tour Series 2021 - Leeza Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects

UPDATE: Please note this event will now be at the earlier time of 1:00 - 2:30pm.

When: Thursday 8 April 2021, 1.00-2:30pm BST
Where: Online via Zoom
CES Credits - 1.5 LU/ HSW for AIA Members

Description

AIA UK’s 2021 Virtual Building Tour series continues! This is inspired by the exceptional projects which were recognised at the AIA UK 2020 Excellence in Design Awards.

Each month the architects take us behind the scenes and give us an insight into their design process.

Join us as we take a closer look at Leeza Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects, a winner in the Professional - Extra Large Project category.

Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, the Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district - a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south. The new business district is integral to Beijing’s multi-modal urban plan to accommodate growth without impacting existing infrastructure networks in the centre of the city. This 45-storey 172,800m² tower responds to demand from small and medium-sized businesses for flexible and efficient Grade A office space.

 Adjacent to the business district’s rail station at the intersection of five new lines currently under construction on Beijing’s Subway network, Leeza SOHO’s site is diagonally dissected by an underground subway service tunnel. Straddling this tunnel, the tower’s design divides its volume into two halves enclosed by a single facade shell. The emerging space between these two halves extends the full height of the tower, creating the world’s tallest atrium at 194.15m which rotates through the building as the tower rises to realign the upper floors with Lize road to the north.

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