Dance of Light Office Skyscraper
Architecture studio Aedas has unveiled its Dance of Light office skyscraper in Chongqing, China. The 180-meter-tall tower has two double-curved facades that create the impression that the building is being twisted. Meanwhile, the refractions of its reflective glass further emphasize the project’s celebration of light and the use of light as a driving design tool. Aedas designed the 39-story skyscraper to be a landmark building in the business district.
According to the studio, the building has a "twisting angle" of up to 8.8 degrees per floor, which it believes is 1.5 times more than any other skyscraper, making it one of the "most twisted towers in the world”. The design team aimed to create a smooth external facade rather than the angular forms seen on other rotated buildings. To achieve this the building's facades were clad in double-curved, cold-form glass. The result lends an ever-changing profile that shifts along with the viewers’ perspective.
The tower contains 34 floors of office space topped with five stories of meeting rooms and facilities, described by the studio as a "district reception space for guests”. Alongside the building, a low-level block contains restaurants and cafes and is topped with a roof with a twist as a nod to the form of the skyscraper.
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