Jing Ao
Tianjin, China
Project Type: Urban Design
Project Status: Planned
Completion Date: June 2010
Site Area: 9.4 acres
Team: PlusUrbia + GSH studio + OSKI studio
Client: Vanke
Jing Ao International Commercial plaza is at the intersection of two major vehicular arteries in Tianjin, China. This small-scale intervention is the commercial component of a larger residential project by the same client. It incorporates learned systems that provide a variety of experiences to visitors while integrating the intervention into its surroundings. The hotel and offices become a strong destination that feeds the commercial spaces intertwined along a coherent and carefully choreographed circuitous sequence of courtyards, corridors, and plazas in a woonerf-type spatial composition. The interventions create a wholesome experience of seamless transitions that collate a variety of retail tenants, enhancing the project’s standing as a full-fleshed destination enclave in a critical location of the city.
