Xi’an Jinye Road Commercial Center
Xi’an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain.
- Type
- Competition won
- Status
- In progress
- Client
- Five Continents Investment Group
- Scale
- 347.000 m² above ground
- Program
- Serviced Apartment:70.000 m²; Retail Village:20.000m²; Highrise Offices:70.000 m²; 5 Stars Garden Hotel:27.000m²; Shopping Mall:130.000m²; Theater:30.000 m²
- Architect
- AND Studio
About
The project aims to support the city’s cultural life with high-quality public cultural buildings. The programme is mixed: offices, housing, a hotel, a commercial centre and a theatre. On the roof of the commercial centre, a garden holds small shops and restaurants laid out like a village, with a walk overlooking the city. The hotel also sits on this roof, arranged around an inner courtyard that keeps it away from the noise of the city. The residential towers line the central open space, which gives them good views. More than 30% of the site stays open for residents’ recreation. The Xi’an Performing Arts Centre is the cultural heart of the complex. It takes the traditional Chinese temple as its model, a new temple for music and culture.