The project sits in the northwest corner between Qingliangmen Street and Jiangdong Road, facing the Yangtze River in the west and Nanhe River in the east. It is surrounded by supporting facilities and metro lines, forming a dense population and complex urban texture.
The design integrates multiple elements and ties them together with a circular retail podium below the apartment and office towers. To secure sunlight intake for the low-rise residential buildings north of site, the towers are deliberately distributed along the east, south and west sire boundary.
Through modulating tower orientation and blunting the edges, it eases visual oppression on pedestrians and allows the development to blend in with the city texture. The design draws inspiration from the ancient city wall of Qingliangmen. The solid interlocking blocks of the tower volume reflect the robust city wall, connoting steady and reliable progress. The four towers are unified under the same architectural language, echoing the Qingliangmen city wall while creating a distinct visual building complex.
