NAUTA AT SHENZHEN ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE

NAUTA architecture & research is invited to organize a workshop- debate during the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture in Shenzhen (CN), on January 25th-26th 2014.

In the last 2 years NAUTA has developed a method for the strategic re-use of the vacant office buildings in the European market. The methodology of the ‘Palazzi of Rotteram’ project could be applied in any country that, either currently or in the future, might be subject shrinking or vacancy problems. It is not unrealistic to imagine that the boom of construction in China, with large investments in office buildings, might open the future question of transforming those buildings into new multifunctional complexes.

Two years ago NAUTA has been invited to design the Zhuzhou Digital and Technology park, an office complex in Zhuzhou City which, according to the commissioned brief, should plan 80% of its new built area for office space. NAUTA researched the reasons to reduce the office space to 50%, making sure that the rest of the available surface would provide all necessary functions, such as housing, services, public facilities, school, sports, necessary to make the 40Ha development self sustainable and successful on the long term.

According to our studies, several Chinese business parks are currently developed with a percentage of office up to 90%.
What is the long term destiny of those satellite office cities? What would happen if new real estate scenarios or simply a temporary collapse of the market would empty those properties, with the consequent dilemma of how to re-use them?

While in Europe ‘Palazzi of Rotterdam’ is a tool to clinically solve the complex process of re-using vacant office buildings, in China the same research works as an ‘alarm call’, in order to develop new responsible projects, valuable through time. Such projects, if well planned, could help reduce urban pollution, avoiding the demolishment of potential vacant properties and extending their life cycle by transforming them into new hybrid functions.

For more information on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture:
http://2013.szhkbiennale.org/2013/?lang=en
http://www.szhkbiennale.org/

在過去的兩年裡 NAUTA在實踐中發展出一套再利用歐洲空置辦公建築的設計策略，我們在‘Palazzi of Rotteram’ 項目中採用的方法，可以推廣到任何今後可能面臨經濟蕭條或高空置率等困境的城市。即便對中國這樣經濟發展迅猛，辦公類建設需求旺盛的國家，今後也可能面臨考慮將單一商務街區向複合功能轉變的問題

兩年前，NAUTA受邀參與株洲雲龍數碼科技城的規劃設計，根據任務書，80%的建築面積將用作辦公用途。NAUTA嘗試將這一比例降至50%，以確保有充分的空間提供園區內必需的服務功能，諸如住宅，服務，公共設施，教育，運動等。這些都是保證這片40公頃的土地能夠可持續發展的必要因素。

根據我們的研究，中國有相當一部分商務園區開發項目中，商務功能超過了總建設面積的90%。這些今天崛起在城市邊緣地區的辦公建築群的未來命運會是怎樣的呢？當面臨未來更多的地產競爭或是短期內市場需求的萎縮，這些商務園能夠走出“建築再利用”的困境嗎？

在歐洲的背景下，我們在‘Palazzi of Rotterdam’中採用的方法能夠解決在再利用辦公建築過程中遇到的各種複雜問題，而基於中國背景的研究則將是防止類似問題再次出現的“預防針”，促進今後新的可持續發展的商務園項目。如果規劃得當，這樣的複合功能的商務園能夠減少城市污染，避免重覆建設，提升市場利用率。

更多的關於深圳深港城市建築雙城雙年展的信息請訪問:
http://2013.szhkbiennale.org/2013/?lang=en
http://www.szhkbiennale.org/