2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner

GDCEG Innovation Tower

Entrant Company

广州建鑫嵘赋有限公司/华南理工大学建筑设计研究院有限公司/广东省建科建筑设计院有限公司

Category

Landscape Design - Mix-Use Landscape

Client's Name

GUANGZHOU JIANXIN RONGFU CO., LTD.

Country / Region

China

A Paradigm of Vertical Ecology and Urban Symbiosis
As a landmark urban complex in the East District of Guangzhou Financial City, GDCEG Innovation Tower stands as a 248-meter super high-rise tower with a 40-meter commercial podium, backed by a total investment of approximately 5 billion RMB. Integrating premium Grade-A offices, high-end service amenities, and boutique retail, its landscape design embodies the core concept of "Embracing diversity "—seamlessly merging architecture, nature, and urban functionality into a three-dimensional ecological oasis.
Four-Tiered Vertical Gardens: Reweaving Nature into the Urban Fabric
Innovating with a "vertical ecosystem", the project features four layered gardens: Sky Garden, Scenic Courtyards, Canyon Parks, and Hillside Greenscapes, forming a multi-tiered green network. The ground-level retail zone energizes urban life with dynamic water features; office areas employ wave-shaped hedges for noise reduction, creating a quiet leisure space under the forest; rooftop gardens blend artificial and real trees to create an indoor woodland wonder; while the sky lobby weaves a meandering "floating runway", inviting strolls amid nature.
Harmony of Function and Aesthetics
The landscape design echoes the building’s fluid façade language, incorporating water-inspired motifs while catering to diverse functional needs. Blurring boundaries between indoors and out, the commercial side atrium merge open lounges, thematic exhibition zones, and interactive spaces—enhancing operational flexibility. Strategic use of artificial trees and green plands dissolves the line between technology and nature.
More than a building! The GDCEG Innovation Tower is a "breathing" vertical ecosystem—where landscape transcends visual artistry to redefine urban living.

Credits

Team Members
Liao Qiuhua, Wu Zhaoze, Lin Jianfeng, Ou Shaorong, Ling Ruifang, Huang Jiandong, Dong Jianjie, Qiu Ji, Wu Zekai, Yang Wenfeng, Li Yuxing, Kong Fanwu, Li Jiabin, Li Jiaqi, Zhou Haoyuan
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