Plans for Shanghai’s latest corporate project have been unveiled this week, adding a giant allusion to food production in the form of a swirling tree-covered building that will add a rural feel to the city’s rapidly growing Lingang section.
MVDRV’s design for Lankuaikei Agricultural Development’s headquarters took its influence from the wave-like terraced rice fields that dot the Chinese countryside. Its stepped facade terrace is covered by a permeable solar panel roof that provides shading and ventilation for the 11-story “sustainability machine.”
The terrace spaces form a walkable park-like route to the building’s top reminiscent of Bjarke Ingels’s design for the 8 House in Copenhagen. The wood-clad walkways will have ample shaded areas and are covered in trees and exhibition spaces for the company’s research and development wing headquartered within the nearly 19.000 square meter structure. The roof’s design allows for it to capture rainwater, adding to sunlight-filtering glass panels to further enhance MVRDV’s emphasis on green technology.
“MVRDV’s mission is to make cities and landscapes sustainable and future-proof. LAD’s mission and vision are to empower rural revitalization and food safety in China with LAD knowledge, to explore the mysteries of nature, to protect human health with science and technology,” LAD president Weihua Dong said. “In this cooperation project, we are looking forward to seeing an 'agricultural oasis' combining the missions of both companies.”
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