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Foster + Partners selected to design Alibaba's new, algorithm​-guided Shanghai HQ

By Alexander Walter|

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020

Image: Foster + Partners

The world's largest online retailer — no, not Amazon — Chinese mega-corporation Alibaba has selected Foster + Partners to design its new Shanghai headquarters. 

In an announcement on their website this morning, the architects point out that an "innovative design process that uses a genetic algorithm" was instrumental in generating the optimal massing and the shape of the modular building that forms around a central public court yard. 

"The algorithm combines several aspects that are crucial to the project such as, being highly responsive to the environmental conditions, maximising outside views, and the specific area requirements for different functions, to create the most appropriate form," explains the project description. 

"The design optimises the massing to provide the best year-round user comfort in the central public space, protecting it from strong winter winds and the harsh summer sun, while creating tailored workspace solutions for the different departments at Alibaba."

Image: Foster + Partners

"The desk arrangements, break-out spaces and meeting rooms are all carefully considered to encourage collaboration and teamwork. Visual and physical connectivity will encourage interactions. Natural light and external spaces animate the workspaces and create a more focussed and engaged workforce. Following a modular approach, the design will utilise off-site production for quality control, reducing wastage, and minimising on-site operations to create an efficient construction programme."

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Foster + Partners selected to design Alibaba's new, algorithm​-guided Shanghai HQ

By Alexander Walter|

Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020

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Image: Foster + Partners

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shanghai ● china ● foster + partners ● asia ● competition ● alibaba ● headquarters
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners

The world's largest online retailer — no, not Amazon — Chinese mega-corporation Alibaba has selected Foster + Partners to design its new Shanghai headquarters. 

In an announcement on their website this morning, the architects point out that an "innovative design process that uses a genetic algorithm" was instrumental in generating the optimal massing and the shape of the modular building that forms around a central public court yard. 

"The algorithm combines several aspects that are crucial to the project such as, being highly responsive to the environmental conditions, maximising outside views, and the specific area requirements for different functions, to create the most appropriate form," explains the project description. 

"The design optimises the massing to provide the best year-round user comfort in the central public space, protecting it from strong winter winds and the harsh summer sun, while creating tailored workspace solutions for the different departments at Alibaba."

Image: Foster + Partners

"The desk arrangements, break-out spaces and meeting rooms are all carefully considered to encourage collaboration and teamwork. Visual and physical connectivity will encourage interactions. Natural light and external spaces animate the workspaces and create a more focussed and engaged workforce. Following a modular approach, the design will utilise off-site production for quality control, reducing wastage, and minimising on-site operations to create an efficient construction programme."

RELATED NEWS Foster + Partners to remodel and expand Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
RELATED NEWS 2018 Stirling Prize awarded to Bloomberg London office by Foster + Partners
RELATED NEWS Foster + Partners develop a master plan for Amaravati, the new capital of Indian state Andhra Pradesh

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