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OMA Wins Shenzhen Tower Competition
2/7/2013 2:38 PM Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has won the design competition for the Essence Financial Building in Shenzhen, China. The design was chosen from the shortlist of four other entries by international and Chinese practices.
"OMA is very excited about its continuous and deepening participation in Shenzhen’s development, especially as the city makes its latest evolution: from a manufacturing city into a services hub," OMA Partner David Gianotten said in the press release. "This next generation of urbanism calls for a new generation of office towers of which the Essence Financial Building could be one."
In the Shenzen design, OMA tries to challenge typical office tower conventions, especially the central core plan and curtain wall systems, in order to create a “new generation” of office towers in the city, Architizer reports.
"The Essence Financial Building shifts its core to the edge of the floor plate, resulting in large unobstructed plans that allow a variety of office configurations – and therefore working styles – that meet the demands of the contemporary services industry," according to the project description.
The Essence skyscraper will be OMA’s second in Shenzhen, after the Shenzhen Stock Exchange which is scheduled for completion in April 2013.
Find a list of Shenzhen's tallest buildings here.
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