China Unicom Regional Headquarters is an unbuilt concept design for the company's regional headquarters in Wuhan, China, with a gross floor area of 20,500 m². It was a direct commission and did not go beyond concept design.
The program comprised offices, a telecom and data centre, and recreational facilities for employees, housed in a three-storey building.
The concept is based on the notion of connectivity and bridging, and is meant to emblematically reflect the main focus of the company's activities, wireless communication. The massing consists of simple volumes interconnected in two and three dimensions: three overlapping program bars that partly sit on one another at the angles of the triangular plan, as if bridging them at different heights.
The resulting inner courtyard is private, but it opens up to the undulating landscape and the existing lake nearby, and it is visible from Jin Shan Road, revealing a reflecting pool and plaza. The courtyard, with water at its centre, acts as an extension of the existing lake, and the landscape between the inner plaza and the lake is designed with undulating topography to underscore their natural connection.
- design Voytek Gorczynski Architect
- team Sam Shou, Tantan Lee, Liu Jie, B+H Consulting
- cg Ejoy CG
- client China Unicom, Wuhan
- gross fl. area 20,500 m2