The industrial interconnection headquarters of the global leading technology internet company, JOYY Inc., is located in Foshan Sanlongwan, a high-end intelligent manufacturing and innovation gathering area. The project offers a vibrant commercial area as well as a quiet retreat encompassing sequestered offices and serviced apartments laden with green, open spaces.
Project: JOYY Sanlongwan Project
Location: Foshan, China
Design & Project Architect: Aedas
Client: Foshan Tuyi Network Technology Co., Ltd.
GFA: 443,956 sq m
Completion Year: Ongoing
Director: Ken Wai, Global Design Principal
Integration of tower podium
“Gleaning from the depth of our experience in the field, we seek to reconcile form, function and cost to create a new landmark for the Sanlongwan area that will become a token of technology and innovation,’’ said Aedas Global Design Principal Ken Wai.
Viaduct perspective night view
With a total planned area of circa 77,716 sq m, the site is divided into two plots. Plot A is surrounded by water and elevated highways, with superb urban display, whereas plot B is a compact area that overlooks a green riverside landscape to its north.
The towers are externally connected by a crescent-shaped volume, while the inner center is connected with a peripheral courtyard and corridor. The dense and precise arrangement maximises the landscape view and conveys an open, powerful portal image, forming a corporate display business card.
A bird’s-eye view of the iconic shape of Plot A
Functional disposition
Office horizontal layout (Partial)
Entrance of the industrial interconnection headquarters
Countering the long, uninterrupted building façade of nearly a thousand metres, the building blocks are constructed in a jagged fashion, engendering a rhythmic outline and a layered development.
Complex mass edges
The well-proportioned façade of rendering
Premised on the notion of open exchange, the design creates an indoor sharing space at the heart of the office floor for easy access, as well as an outdoor public sharing space. These seamless collaborative areas serve to foster an uninhibited interactive atmosphere, stimulating creativity and innovation.
The open indoor sharing area
Corridor open-air atrium
Outdoor public sharing area of Plot B
To create a comfortable office environment suffused with natural light, the design introduces wide and deep cornices on the façade, reducing the thermal radiation and minimising the need for indoor temperature calibration. It doubles up as a sustainability feature that contributes to energy saving and emission reduction.
Large-depth cornice façade rendering
Large-depth cornice façade diagram
Plot B extends the design concept in a compact layout. It contains an apartment tower, an office tower, and four single-family office buildings of differing height; each attached with a retail block underneath. A sky corridor threads through the individual buildings along the river, with concentrated public spaces at the core and courtyards scattered around. Coupled with the green roofs and the sky gardens introduced in the towers along the street, the design creates a multi-dimensional green urban landscape, forming a high-efficiency and vibrant office park.
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