Location:
No. 7A Xiao Pai Fang Hutong
Dongcheng District
Beijing

China

coordinates: 39.9191437,116.4270782
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Building names(s): Galaxy Soho
Architect/Designer: Zaha Hadid
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Completion date: 2012

function(s): commercial, office, retail

built area: 332,857m2 Height: 67 m address in Chinese: 银河SOHO 北京市东城区 小牌坊胡同甲7号 getting there: Subway lines 2 and 6 to Chaoyangmen Station, take the Exit Galaxy SOHO design concept: Quoted from the architect; Galaxy Soho constitutes a new office, retail and entertainment complex for the heart of this great Chinese city – matching its grand scale. The complex comprises five continuous flowing volumes, set apart yet fused or linked by a sequence of stretched bridges. Each volume adapts outwards, generating a panoramic architecture devoid of corners or abrupt transitions. Galaxy Soho reinvents the great interior courts of Chinese antiquity to create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, architecture no longer incorporates rigid blocks, but instead comprises volumes which coalesce to achieve continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between buildings. Shifting plateaus impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment, allowing visitors to discover intimate spaces as they move deeper in the building. The structure’s three lower levels contain retail and entertainment facilities, those above provide works spaces for innovative businesses of many kinds, while top levels are dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafes – many with views along the city’s great avenues.