Text from Plasma Studio:
Plasma Studio won First Prize in an invited competition for one of two mixed-use twin tower complexes in Datong, Shanxi province, China. The project comprises 70,000 m2 of floor area split between a hotel in one tower and offices in the other. Plasma’s concept seeks to express the bipolar nature of the brief through the introduction of a central light well in each tower strung together by a common public lobby that spirals upwards to an accessible roofscape. The towers’ inner cores assist in the low-energy ventilation design which- in alignment to a parametric differentiated facade concept- seeks to minimize energy use and maximize ambient quality and expression.

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