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Parc Central / Benoy

18:00 - 21 July, 2016
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Architects
Benoy

Location
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Category
Shopping Centers

Area
110000.0 m2

Project Year
2016

Photographs
Terrence Zhang

Manufacturers
Novotech

Developer
Sun Hung Kai Properties

Masterplanner
Benoy

Executive Architect
Ronald Lu and Partners

Interior Designer
Benoy

E&M Consultant
J Roger Preston Limited (Hong Kong)

Lighting Consultant
Lighting Design Partnership Pty Limited

Landscape Consultant
Urbis Limited

Structural and Civil Engineer

ARUP (Hong Kong)

Façade Consultant
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açade Co sulta t
ARUP (Hong Kong)

Sustainability Consultant
ARUP (Hong Kong)

Signage Consultant
Dutton Bray Design Limited

Local Design Institute

HSArchitects

Quantity Surveyor
Langdon & Seah Consultancy (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd

AV Consultant
Shen Milsom & Wilke Limited

Tra ic Consultant
TMA Planning & Design Limited

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Text description provided by the architects. Benoy is excited to announce that construction has
completed on Parc Central, Guangzhou and the urban park retail development has now fully opened in
the heart of the city’s Central Business District.

Benoy was commissioned as the Masterplanner, Architect and Interior Designer on the scheme and
delivered the project in collaboration with Ronald Lu and Partners.

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Set in the heart of the Guangzhou’s new Central Business District, Parc Central has introduced a new
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typology to the burgeoning Pearl River Delta city; a ‘Stadium for retail’ which uniquely blends the low-
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rise above and below-ground retail development within a multi-level parkland. Positioned along one
of the city’s major thoroughfares, this development is a compelling addition to the cityscape of
Guangzhou, and combines retail, transit-oriented and public realm design strategies.

Civic Design

Developed on the site of a former square, the vision for Parc Central was to contribute socially and
spatially to the city, as well as economically. Located along the city’s ‘Green Axis’, the vision for Parc
Central was to form the focal point of this initiative and create a new ‘Central Park’ along the major
Tianhe Road thoroughfare which dissects the city.

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The result is a distinctive 110,000m2 retail development which is designed around an open parkland
environment. Forming the heart of the development, the landscape, with its varying levels and forms
of greenery, has created a place to socialise, rest and relax; a ‘Place to breathe’ within the city centre.
Much of the development has been placed underground to achieve this and preserve the ground level
environment.
The gardens, planted walkways and living walls create an undulating green space which integrates not
only with the development itself but the surrounding streetscape. Ultimately, the design o ers a
soothing and re-balanced environment to the Tianhe district.

Symbolic Architecture

Parc Central is a low-rise building, standing 24m in height with two levels above ground and three
levels underground. Being lower than the surrounding buildings, the design called for an eye-catching
and powerful visual statement; one which would add to the rhythm of the city’s central axis.

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Drawing on the symbol for peace, harmony and fortune in the Chinese culture, the architecture
references the ‘Double fish’ in the form of a steel monocoque roof structure. The two buildings curve
around the central gardens and are joined by a pedestrian bridge at one end. The monocoque roof
canopies are supported by tree-like columns beneath which sit a series of gardens which extend the
landscape element up the building.

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Sustainably designed, Parc Central’s environmental performance is also enhanced through the
addition of a rainwater collection system and low-E glass façades and an EFTE roof.

Dynamic Interiors

Benoy’s Interior Design Team has also introduced the geometry of the architecture, with fluid ceiling
cove forms and uninterrupted joinery along the void edges. Large atriums punctuate the retail journey
and draw light into the arcades.

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A neutral colour palette of white and reconstituted stone creates a natural background for the mall,
showcasing its tenants and their merchandise to maximum e ect.

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Transit Oriented Development

As a true Transit Oriented Development (TOD), the 110,000m2 scheme also establishes a new public
transport interchange for Guangzhou. Seamlessly connected above and below ground, Parc Central
will be accessible via China’s metro system and bus network and is linked by overhead footbridges to
the district’s neighbouring developments. The design enables the development to function as a multi-
dimensional gathering space with convenient accessibility above, below and at ground level.

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Parc Central adds to Benoy’s growing portfolio in the exciting Pearl River Delta Region and is Benoy’s
first completed TOD scheme in Guangzhou. Benoy has previously worked with leading Hong Kong
property developer Sun Hung Kai on a number of schemes which include the Shanghai International
Commerce Centre (ICC), Shanghai International Finance Centre (IFC) and APM in Hong Kong.

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