CK Designworks have secured two commissionsin China including a $500mhotel and retail complex in Beijing and a Biological, Medicine, Science and Technology Park which will span onemillion square metres.
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According to the Sydney Morning Herald CKDesignworks director Ivo Krivanek was inspired by a flower exhibition and a wholesale flower complex owned by Jinsheng.
“Jinsheng Group recently bought a large flower exhibition and wholesale flower sales complex from the Beijing Government and we have used this as the inspiration for our design on the adjoining site; buildings surrounding large floral courtyards and an iconic design for the hotel based upon Alvar Aalto’s famous flower vase,” Mr. Krivanek said.
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The development will be comprised of three buildings which will include residential areas for visiting professors and corporate entrepreneurs as well as anadministration building and a factory which will include laboratories, lecture theatres and a protype production section and display area for new inventions.
The SMH also reports that sustainability is a key factor that has been considered so the development will therefore house awaste treatment system which can handle toxic waste and an internal lake system will form part of the complex's cooling system.
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