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Tian Xi.

ArchiPro Project Summary - Tian Xi Tower: A 350-meter mixed-use development in Nanning, featuring a commercial base, residential midsection, and luxury hotel, inspired by the organic form of a banyan tree seedpod, designed for dynamic growth and natural ventilation.

Title:: Tian Xi
Architect:: Monk Mackenzie
Category:: Commercial

Monk Mackenzie in conjunction with TT Architecture New York was awarded first place in the Tian Xi Tower invited competition for a 175,000sm mixed use tower in Nanning, for the CW Group in Shanghai. The 350 metre high tower was broken into three components over its height - a 14 level commercial zone at the base, 30 level residential zone at the centre and a 30 level 5-6 star hotel at the top. The form of the masterplan and the tower was derived from the morphology of nature and in particular the seedpod of an ancient banyan tree at the centre of the site.

The building form was conceived to suggest organic growth and the dynamic. It gently curves as it moves upwards before bifurcating. This produces an evocative form as well as providing a natural skylit atrium for the hotel lobby at the top of the tower.

Through the residential zone of the tower the floorplate was pulled back at the edges to create internal gardens and allow for natural ventilation to apartments.

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Monk Mackenzie. Monk Mackenzie is a highly creative, multi-disciplinary studio of architects and designers. The studio was established to provide clients with elegant, sculptural and poetic solutions to complex briefs.Both partners have worked with some of the most innovative architectural firms in the world including the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York, along with considerable local experience.We take our clients financial imperatives, procurement strategies and construction schedules seriously and ensure that these parameters form part of the solution we provide.The studio aims to make a lasting contribution to the built environment and to do so in a sustainable and environmentally intelligent way.Monk Mackenzie is an award-winning architectural practice with a record of designing and delivering unique architectural solutions.