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Fujian Provincial Electric and Power
Company Headquarters
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A new office tower is charged with identity for a regional Chinese power company.
This official headquarters building of Fujian Provincial Electric and Power Company is located in the city of Fuzhou. The office tower has 32 stories above ground and two stories below. A two-story high Electricity Dispatch Center is located on the 29th and 30th floors. The design maximizes the high-tech and contemporary identity of the power company, while creating a highly efficient and contemporary office environment and providing a landmark for the city of Fuzhou.
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The building is set away from the main street, allowing a green, open space at the entrance. This openness extends through the lobby and connects to a quiet courtyard on the other side of the building. With its roof gardens and sky lounges, the project is a vertical oasis in an urban setting.
Unique to the building’s design is a stylized bolt of lightning discharging from the building in the form of a 226-foot-high communications tower. The material of choice is stainless-steel metallic fabric. North and south curtain walls shield a crystal-like tower. By using ceramic frit, the lightning motif is integrated into the building’s glass panels, appearing as hundreds of transparent triangles. The tips of the curtain shields are made of translucent white glass, which glows at night.
The building’s south-north orientation, multi-level sky garden spaces, cost-effective revolving natural ventilation system, and energy-efficient low-E silkscreen glass are some key sustainable design features.
Multi-level lounge areas are provided for employees every two to three floors. Transparent and translucent materials such as combinations of clear glass and metal screenings are used in the lobby, which features a sky lounge. A large water wall further magnifies the feeling of transparency and an open flow with nature.
Formal name of project: Fujian Provincial Electric and Power Company Headquarters
Location: Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China
Completion Date: August 2007
Gross square footage: 598,800 sq ft
Owner: Fujian Provincial Electric and Power Company
Architect:
MulvannyG2 Architecture
1110 112th Avenue NE
Suite 500
Bellevue, WA 98004
Tel: 425.463.2000
Fax: 425.463.2002
www.mulvannyg2.com/en-us/
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