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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. ARTS Group Headquarters in Suzhou, China by Guida Moseley Brown ArchitectsApril 7th, 2017 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Guida Moseley Brown Architects Guida Moseley Brown Architects (GMB) were selected by long time collaborator for China-based architectural projects, the Suzhou Industrial Park Design and Research Institute (now The ARTS Group), to provide design services for the interior architecture, furniture, and lighting design of all of the highly “public” spaces in their new mixed-use multiple-form headquarters in Suzhou.  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group
 Image Courtesy © ARTS Group The design areas include, within a six storey wing: a four storey 15,000m2 atrium retail shopping mall, multiple office entrance foyers over several levels, three art gallery/exhibition spaces, a large “public” meeting room and a conference centre, two groups of executive offices and corporate meeting rooms, basement level company cafeteria and nearby badminton hall, and a two storey 80 metre long Atrium Gallery, common social, circulation, and informal work space (with tea rooms, library, media room, and individual alcoves) that serves the 600+ architects and engineers in their adjacent studio drafting rooms.  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group At the top three floors of the twenty-one storey office tower a company “club” has been constructed: meeting rooms with large breakout space, three dining rooms, an art gallery, and indoor swimming pool, all with large windows overlooking the city and landscape.  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group GMB collaborated with ARTS Group architects and engineers to modify and develop a number of structures and roof elements in order to support the design aspirations of the interior architecture and to provide for the admittance of natural daylight. These included the radial structure of a “round” glass exhibition space, structured skylights to provide daylight to the basement-located staff cafeteria and badminton hall, and to the top, third, floor of the retail. Additionally GMB developed a cable suspended steel pedestrian bridge through the multiple level Main Foyer and a cable suspended open-riser steel stair at the Atrium Gallery so as, in both cases, to result in visually light structures.  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group The overall design intent was to establish a widely varied contemporary environment and identity employing reinterpreted and abstracted Chinese architectural elements and materials:  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group Each of these concepts were consulted, discussed, and agreed with the Chinese clients (architects) as having suitable and appropriate cultural reference. Typically the architectural and custom furniture detailing is direct and simple, made from durable materials, seeking a timeless sophistication. Throughout the design seeks to provide primarily daylight in significant spaces during the day and electric lighting at evenings, the environments having differing aesthetic characteristics in this 24/7 workplace.  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group  Image Courtesy © ARTS Group
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