Description
With the determination to generate a monument for Hengyang, a city in the heart of Hunan province in China, the design intend to create a gate between culture, sustainability and modernity has a mixed-used function that serves also as a tourist information center and a panoramic platform.
At exactly 180 meters tall, the tower will hold retail and cultural exhibition areas at the podium level, a museum above, a panoramic restaurant,cafe and lounge bar at 140 meters, a boutique hotel and a viewing platform on the top floor.
The Xiangjiang Gate’s concept is inspired by three important local elements: the river, the wild goose and the fire, all iconic essentials of the Hunan culture,deeply rooted in the history of the city.The tower embodies two wild gooses taking off from the water. One looking at the old city and another looking at the future one. The two bodies perpendicular to the river, create a gate or an entrance to the future master plan. At night, through curtain wall light effects, the two bodies transform into a "big flame" witnessed from different angles of the city.