"Galaxy Soho constitutes a new office, retail and entertainment complex for the heart of this great Chinese city – matching its grand scale. The complex comprises five continuous flowing volumes, set apart yet fused or linked by a sequence of stretched bridges. Each volume adapts outwards, generating a panoramic architecture devoid of corners or abrupt transitions.
Galaxy Soho reinvents the great interior courts of Chinese antiquity to create an internal world of continuous open spaces. Here, architecture no longer incorporates rigid blocks, but instead comprises volumes which coalesce to achieve continuous mutual adaptation and fluid movement between buildings. Shifting plateaus impact upon each other to generate a deep sense of immersion and envelopment, allowing visitors to discover intimate spaces as they move deeper in the building.
The structure’s three lower levels contain retail and entertainment facilities, those above provide works spaces for innovative businesses of many kinds, while top levels are dedicated to bars, restaurants and cafes – many with views along the city’s great avenues".
Zaha Hadid Architects
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Elevation © Zaha Hadid architects

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GALAXY SOHO
BEIJING, CHINA
SOHO China Ltd
2009 / 2012
Five continuous, flowing volumes coalesce to create an internal world of continuous
open spaces within Galaxy Soho – a new office, retail entertainment complex devoid of corners or abrupt transitions – a re-inventing of the classical Chinese courtyard which generates an immersive, enveloping experience at the heart of Beijing. |
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Built 332,857m2
Plot area 46,965 m2
Above Ground 4 Towers 15 Floors (12 Office Floors and 3 Retail Floors)
Max Height 67 meters
Below Ground B1 Floor Retail and B2 & B3 Parking (1275 cars), MEP
Retail Floors B1F, 1F, 2F, 3F (90,000 m2) |
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Architect
Zaha Hadid architects
Design
Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Director
Satoshi Ohashi
Project Architect
Yoshi Uchiyama
Associate
Cristiano Ceccato |
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Project Team
Kelly Lee, Rita Lee, Eugene Leung, Lillie Liu,
Rolando Rodriguez-Leal, Seung-ho Yeo
Project Team (DD Phase)
Dorian Bybee, Michael Grau, Shu Hashimoto,
Shao-Wei Huang, Chikara Inamura , Lydia Kim,
Christoph Klemmt, Yasuko Kobayashi, Raymond Lau,
Wang Lin, Yereem Park, Tao Wen, Stephan Wurster
Project Team (SD Phase)
Samer Chamoun, Michael Hill, Tom Wuenschmann,
Shuojiong Zhang |
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Competition Team
DaeWha Kang (Lead Designer), Monika Bilska, Elizabeth Bishop, Diogo Brito, Brian Dale, Kent Gould, Jwalant Mahadevwala, Michael Powers, Vignesh Ramaraju
Local Design Institute
BIAD (Beijing Institute of Architecture and Design), Beijing
Lighting
Lightdesign
Contractor
China Construction First Building (Group) Corporation Ltd |
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