Apartments for the software engineer of Dalian Software Park

Recognizing the unceasing expansion taking place in all of China, Cui Kai designed for the Dalian Software Park a small family apartment for the young white collars that were entering the international IT companies located in the Park. The apartment location is to the east of the main road that enters the park, and near the multi-layer residence constructed in earlier years. The design problems were first how to provide space to the young people for action and communication in a parochial space, second how to build a harmonious relationship with the existed surrounding buildings, and third how to establish a positive relationship between the building and the city.

An atrium was designed to connect the buildings, thus a communication roof was formed. Open stairs were used to link the roofs, so the roofs became a vertical community space. The shape of the building was divided into two parts, the upside and the downside. The downside has seven levels, and the height is similar with the buildings nearby, with the higher part perpendicular with the downside. To undertake the continuity of the city boundary, the 1st and 2nd floor were dedicated to the consumption of food and beverage, and open to the external area separately. An open-air diner platform was designed in front of the door, making the young people having dinner the real ones demonstrating the city's activity, which is also represented by the protruding variation of every unit window. This little inclusion added temperament to the elevation of the building.

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