Yuqiao Science Park Head Office

Client
Shanghai Lujiazui (Group)
Services
Architecture, Masterplanning, Interior Design
Sector
Mixed Use, Office, Retail, Culture + Civic
Location
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Sustainability Accreditations
LEED Gold Two-star green building designation

A science park headquarters in Shanghai’s innovation districts

The Yuqiao Science Park Head Office is a mixed-use complex holds four Grade-A office buildings, an AI Academy, commercial showrooms and a network of public spaces across 181,000 square metre floor area. The masterplan centres on a ‘green river’, an elevated linear landscape linking the public spaces and buildings with a continuous three-dimensional route above ground level. Two sunken plazas provide sheltered ground-level public space, with a first-floor bridge connecting the buildings and the green river route into multi-level pedestrian movement.

Size

41,000m²

Four towers, two courtyards

The office buildings are paired. Towers 1 and 2, step back from the plot edge with commercial showrooms on the lower two floors. Towers 3 and 4 form an enclosed L-shape around an inner courtyard, with a five-storey sky lobby at the sixth floor for product launches, exhibitions and large-format events.

Façade and sustainability

The façade draws from AI programming code: louvres set at three angles (0°, 45°, 90°) provide shade while maximising transparency at eye level. The AI Academy’s façade references Morse code through perforated aluminium panels with variable transparency. The project holds LEED Gold certification.