Palaces, Villas and Castles

Zaha Hadid:Galaxy SOHO in Beijing

Galaxy SOHO is a complex of buildings located in Beijing, China (built from 2008 to 2012) used as offices and a shopping mall in the center of the Chinese capital, occupying a total area of 332,857 square meters, consisting of four different ovoid-shaped towers with glass roofs joined together by courtyards inspired by Chinese tradition composed of numerous curved passages on different levels. The maximum height measures 67 metres, with each tower having 15 floors inside, 12 of which are used for offices and 3 for commercial use. It was designed by architect Zaha Hadid, who stated about the building that "the interior spaces follow the same coherent formal logic of continuous curvilinearity". The complex, like most of the buildings designed by the Iraqi archistar, gives the impression that every part of it is in motion.

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