Vertical Village. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects
01/05/2024.
[Chengdu] China
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Architecture studio Gianni Botsford Architects was commissioned to design the Op Tower, a Technology and Research Center for the Chinese brand Oppo, specialising in innovative technology design for mobile photography.
The Research and Technology Center plays an important urban planning role within a master plan of the Innovation Park in which it is located. Its clear, vertical form running over 42 floors provides a key central focus and legibility that stands out against the surrounding buildings.
The Research and Technology Center plays an important urban planning role within a master plan of the Innovation Park in which it is located. Its clear, vertical form running over 42 floors provides a key central focus and legibility that stands out against the surrounding buildings.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
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First floor plan. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
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Summary floors plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
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Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Layout plans. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
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Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Model. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
Contruction process. Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower by Gianni Botsford Architects.
The Oppo Tower has been designed by the Gianni Botsford Architects studio to house quiet and pleasant spaces that suit workers and researchers, to provide a place conducive to teamwork and training, and this is achieved through a discreet but which guarantees constant natural light for all its users.
Conceived as a vertical village, the tower, dotted with vertical gaps that raise the height of the building and break its volume into smaller elements, seems to dissolve into the sky. With an ethereal quality achieved through the dynamic effect of the façade pattern as a curtain wall, the project is defined and unified by a series of mullions that provide different densities and that achieve a very characteristic diversity in the building both in plan and on the horizon.
Conceived as a vertical village, the tower, dotted with vertical gaps that raise the height of the building and break its volume into smaller elements, seems to dissolve into the sky. With an ethereal quality achieved through the dynamic effect of the façade pattern as a curtain wall, the project is defined and unified by a series of mullions that provide different densities and that achieve a very characteristic diversity in the building both in plan and on the horizon.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
Project description by Gianni Botsford Architects
Gianni Botsford Architects has completed the studio’s first project in China, The Technology and Research Centre for the Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Oppo. Won in competition in 2014 in collaboration with Taiwanese practice RJWu & Partners, The Centre is housed in a 206 m tower positioned prominently within the new Singapore Sichuan Hi Tech Innovation Park to the South of Chengdu, the fourth largest city in China with a population of over 20 million.
The Oppo Tower plays an important urbanistic role within the Innovation Park masterplan. Its clear, vertical form rising through 42-storeys provides both a central focus and legibility to the surrounding low-rise buildings. The tower is punctuated with vertical recesses rising the height of the building. These break its large volume into smaller elements that, topped with triple-height “lantern” spaces appear to dissolve into the sky. The ethereal quality is also achieved through the dynamic and filigree effect of the pattern of the glazed facade. This was created using a unitised curtain wall system comprising deep, continuous vertical mullions set out at different widths throughout the facade to provide varying densities of solid to glazed. The depth of these mullions has a positive environmental impact by providing shading to the facade.
Oppo Technology & Research Centre Tower. Photograph by Xiao Shihao.
The Oppo Technology and Research Centre has been designed to accommodate over 5,000 engineers and support staff. The interior of the building is discrete, a calm and serene environment conducive to teamwork and training. There are both quiet spaces for independent work and convivial spaces for staff to come together over a meal or event.
Gianni Botsford says, “The Oppo Technology and Research Centre Tower was conceived as a vertical village. To this end, its volumes are shifted both horizontally and vertically to achieve diversity in both plan and skyline, and to ensure unusually high levels of daylight for all users. A typical floor plan benefits from a series of ‘rooms with a view’ staggered around the perimeter.”
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Architects
Gianni Botsford Architects. Lead architect.- Gianni Botsford.
Project team
Project leader.- Hiroshi Takeyama.
Design collaborators.- RJWu & Partners.
Gianni Botsford, Anahi Copponex, James Eagle, Minghsuan Lo, Luigi Parise, Mike O’Hanlon, Liz Tatarintseva, Hiroshi Takeyama, Luka Travas.
Design collaborators.- RJWu & Partners.
Gianni Botsford, Anahi Copponex, James Eagle, Minghsuan Lo, Luigi Parise, Mike O’Hanlon, Liz Tatarintseva, Hiroshi Takeyama, Luka Travas.
Collaborators
Structure Consultant.- Zhejiang Huazhou Design Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd.
M&E Consultant.- Zhejiang Huazhou Design Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd.
Façade & Scheme Design.- CCAT/ LARGE Architects.
Façade Engineering & Design.- InhabitGroup.
Interior Consultant.- B+H Consulting International Inc.
Lighting Consultant.- InhabitGroup.
Landscape Design.- Belt Collins.
M&E Consultant.- Zhejiang Huazhou Design Engineering Consulting Co. Ltd.
Façade & Scheme Design.- CCAT/ LARGE Architects.
Façade Engineering & Design.- InhabitGroup.
Interior Consultant.- B+H Consulting International Inc.
Lighting Consultant.- InhabitGroup.
Landscape Design.- Belt Collins.
Client
Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
Area
Site Area.- 41,000 sqm.
Building Area.- 68,000 sqm.
Building Area.- 68,000 sqm.
Dates
Design Stage.- 2014-2019.
Construction Stage.- 2019-2023.
Construction Stage.- 2019-2023.
Location
Singapore Sichuan Hi Tech Innovation Park, Chengdu, China.
Photography
Gianni Botsford. Gianni Botsford Architects
Gianni Botsford Architects is an architecture firm based in London, UK, working at varying scales both in the UK and internationally, with projects undertaken in China, Taiwan, Costa Rica, The Bahamas, Italy, Switzerland and the UK.
Gianni Botsford studied in Professor John Frazer’s Evolutionary Architecture Unit at the Architectural Association in London, UK from 1994-1996, and set up his practice in London the same year.
Furthering interest in the analogue, digital, and natural systems, the practice explores the ‘Local Adaptation’ architecture to climate, culture and context. Projects are developed that converge on criteria that emerge through a forensic analysis of the site and brief, with many projects focusing on sunlight or other natural systems as a generator of form and organization.
The studio is small and agile, actively engaging in research and attempting to apply the discoveries and thinking that emerge from this research to its designs at all scales, from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching and collaboration with architects, craftsmen and artists all enrich the studio outlook.
With a reputation for creating highly crafted, carefully calibrated and beautiful buildings that respond to their unique contexts and environments, they have won many awards including the Lubetkin Prize.
Gianni Botsford studied in Professor John Frazer’s Evolutionary Architecture Unit at the Architectural Association in London, UK from 1994-1996, and set up his practice in London the same year.
Furthering interest in the analogue, digital, and natural systems, the practice explores the ‘Local Adaptation’ architecture to climate, culture and context. Projects are developed that converge on criteria that emerge through a forensic analysis of the site and brief, with many projects focusing on sunlight or other natural systems as a generator of form and organization.
The studio is small and agile, actively engaging in research and attempting to apply the discoveries and thinking that emerge from this research to its designs at all scales, from master planning to product design. Working with an extensive range of consultants, teaching and collaboration with architects, craftsmen and artists all enrich the studio outlook.
With a reputation for creating highly crafted, carefully calibrated and beautiful buildings that respond to their unique contexts and environments, they have won many awards including the Lubetkin Prize.
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