Aggregate | Layout Strategy of Implanting A Square The location of the base in the Jiaojiang Cluster of Taizhou City is really exciting. The square block on the corner of the street has a close dialogue with the neighboring administrative, cultural and business districts. The endless traffic flow of Shifu Avenue to the south further highlights the positioning of the Z Center as the city’s name card. Taizhou Z Center and the super high-rise center and shopping center in diagonal form a convenient pedestrian flow path across the base.

With this hidden oblique axis, the L-shaped main building, the Nanyang Science and Technology Building on the west and the residential slabs of Yulan Plaza on the north naturally enclose to form a public and open city square. The plane stretches open, returning the inner space to the city. The design for the full layout of the ground floor business and even the independent business building not only takes into account the popularity of the CBD from all directions, which has certain demands for service carriers such as catering and shopping; but also recognizes that commerce is the engine of economic potential and the successful inbound marketing of square commerce can also drive the development of surrounding businesses and resonate with the pulse of the city.

Overlap | Vertical Expansion of Composite Functions The land use conditions are particularly harsh in the city’s axis, where an inch of land values an inch of gold. The building density was limited to 20%. Although it was a tough starting point, we turned the challenge into the unique symbol of Z Center in the process of deepening. Based on the analysis of urban behavior patterns, we used a large number of cantilever and overhead techniques to provide gray space for commercial functions of the ground floor and show the echoing relationship between the square and the city.

For mixed business forms such as office and commerce, we used vertical space and height to transfer the ground capacity upwards. According to the difference of the functional layout, the main building was rendered a distinct block-joining look. At the same time, materials such as glass and perforated aluminum panels with similar colors were used to maintain the lightness and unity of the overall modeling language. The 90-meter-high main slab building spreads as far as possible along the Shifu Avenue, jumping out of the surrounding buildings, and gently incorporating to the city skyline.

Connect | Place Creation to Boost Vitality The Central Park is facing the south side of the project, and form a continuous green axis of landscape with the Waterscape Park adjacent to the business district, the Civic Square and Baiyun Mountain. The south and east sides of the L-shaped main building open up the sight corridors, and we have set up a showcase-like sky garden at the key point of the block-joining part. It not only makes a natural division between the two functional blocks, but also weakens the sense of high-level volume.

It connects with the distant landscape from the vertical dimension of the space, and is a relatively shared communication platform. The ground garden is intended to slow down the urban rhythm through a continuous street interface. The amicable walking scale defines the specific sense of domain within the plot, and elements such as outdoor seating and public sculptures enhance the stayability of the public space. The architecture responds to people no longer with cold expressions, but with an open attitude that integrates the users’ work, leisure and life.

Conclusion The landmark of the Z Center project derives from “∑”. This symbol indicates the façade treatment method of the main building wrapped by folded plates, as well as the flow guide of the entrance and exit of the volume cutting. It is applied to mathematical summation, and may also contain a certain metaphor: in the development, the building itself and the vitality of the city are taken into account, effectively stimulating the catalytic effect, so as to achieve transcendence on balance.