【正文】 . Steven Holl39。s geometry, connecting architecture and landscape. A walk around the structure reveals surprising changes in view, sight line, and arrangement. Its sculptural quality is intensified by the play of light and shadow. ... What has been created here is a sculptural architecture rich in metaphor, which nevertheless cedes preeminence to the showroom exhibits.Claudia Fuchs, Detail山水杭州SHANSHUI HANGZHOUHangzhou, China, November 2009PROGRAM: mixed use: cultural/expo, residential, offices, hotel, retails, restaurants, cafesCLIENT: Hangzhou Urban Planning Documentation CenterBUILDING AREA (SQUARE): 275,000 smSTATUS: petition first prizeA vertical gathering of the overall bow tie plan into a Water and Mountain tower alludes to the spirit of Hangzhou. From this central position in the large site, one tower branches towards tributary forms approaching the Oxygen sector while the other branches toward landscape forms at the Boiler sector.There are six largescale elements which hover between landform and architecture. The new elements intersect and transform the existing factory buildings。 invigorating them with new programs. LINKED HYBRIDBeijing, China, 20032009PROGRAM: 644 apartments, public green space, mercial zones, hotel, cinemateque, kindergarten, Montessori school, underground parking.CLIENT: Modern Green Development Co., Ltd. BeijingSIZE: 221,426 smSTATUS: pletedThe 220,000 square meter pedestrianoriented Linked Hybrid plex, sited adjacent to the site of old city wall of Beijing, aims to counter the current privatized urban developments in China by creating a new twentyfirst century porous urban space, inviting and open to the public from every side. Filmic urban public space。, a gallery, auditorium and a mini salon connects the eight residential towers and the hotel tower, and offers spectacular views over the unfolding city. Programmatically this loop aspires to be semilatticelike rather than simplistically linear. We hope the public skyloop and the baseloop will constantly generate random relationships. They will function as social condensers resulting in a special experience of city life to both residents and visitors.Geothermal wells (655 at 100 meters deep) provide Linked Hybrid with cooling in summer and heating in winter, and make it one of the largest green residential projects in the world. Having just pleted the Linked Hybrid in Beijing, Steven Holl Architects has established itself among the top of this groundbreaking pack. Their eighttower structure, attached by floating walkways, received this year39。Asia and Australasia39。s Linked Hybrid plex offers an alternative model of residential developments one that applies striking, Modern architecture to the ageold patterns of housing mixed with shopping, dining, education, and entertainment. Holl and his Beijingbased partner Li Hu made a concerted effort to open the development to the surrounding area, weling nonresidents to its grassy perimeter and landscaped central plaza. And throughout the project, the architects employed an impressive set of sustainable design strategies, pointing this heavily polluted city in a new direction.Clifford Pearson, Architectural RecordHaving just pleted the Linked Hybrid in Beijing, Steven Holl Architects has established itself among the top of this groundbreaking pack. Their eighttower structure, attached by floating walkways, received this year39。horizontal skyscraper39。 leaving the structure propped up high on eight legs. The decision to float one large structure right under the 35meter height limit, instead of several smaller structures each catering to a specific program, was inspired by the hope to create views over the lower developments of surrounding sites to the South China Sea, and to generate the largest possible green space open to the public on the ground level. The underside of the floating structure bees its main elevation from which sunken glass cubes, the socalled Shenzhen windows, offer 360degree views over the lush tropical landscape below. Covering the entire length of the building a public path has been proposed to connect through the hotel, and the apartment zones up to the office wings. The floating horizontal building allows sea and land breezes to pass through the public gardens. The landscape, inspired by Roberto Burle Marx39。 roof is covered by solar panels, which will provide up to 15 percent of the office39。 we cannot design for the past, Li says. A good building always provides opportunities for the future.Marcus Schulz, China Daily39。a+t39。.Rita Capezzuto, Domus 898, December, 2006AWARDSAIA NY ARCHITECTURE HONOR AWARD, USA, 2010GOOD DESIGN IS GOOD BUSINESS CHINA AWARD, BEST GREEN PROJECT, USA, 2010成都復(fù)合建筑群PROGRAM: five towers with offices, serviced apartments, retail, a hotel, cafes, and restaurantsCLIENT: CapitaLand DevelopmentBUILDING AREA (SQUARE): 3,336,812STATUS: construction phaseThe 39。 will be located just south of the intersection of the First Ring Road and Ren Min Nan Road. Its sun sliced geometry results from minimum daylight exposures to the surrounding urban fabric prescribed by code. Porous and inviting from every side, five vertical entrances cut through a layer of microurban shopping before leading to the elevated public 39。 plaza. A great urban terrace on the scale of Rockefeller Center, this multilevel plaza in the center of the plex is sculpted by stone steps, ramps, trees, and ponds and caters to special events or to a casual afternoon in the sun. Here the public space parallax of overlapping geometries in strict black and white is supercharged by color that glows from the shops positioned underneath the plaza.The three generous ponds on the plaza are inspired by a poem by Du Fu (713770), in which he describes how 39。. (Du Fu was one of ancient China39。Sliced Porosity Block39。 PartnersLEED consultant– Ove Arup amp