Kind of Project:

Architecture, Mixed-Use, Office

Location:

Dongguan, China

Site Area:

20,000 m2

GFA:

25,000 m2

Budget:

USD 9,000,000

Period:

2008-

ICE Design Team:

Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low, Claudia Wigger

Laure Bouchard, Tim Mao Yiqing

GWXC is located in Dongguan, being a live-in factory as well as a trading platform for wood. It employs a similar strategy of displaying the building as a signage for the quality of the company as GSXC. The building is a warehouse/factory for a wood trader and producer. Wood as a traded material needs a lot of ventilation to dry and prevent mould and diseases, hence the factory should provide protection from rain, yet fresh air. The design reflects this in using an open grating facade, to enhance the windflow through the building.