YO-HO District

The YOHO complex is composed by a mixture of housing, commercial area, a business hotel and a 4 stars hotel, all functionally linked to the Tianhe International Airport activities. Conceptually the projects starts from the context and goes into the definition of a new urban environment. The urban space is generated by two inner squares and a linear path that is connected to the other development on the east side and to an existing building on the west side. The colors and the materials used come from the mood of the surroundings, characterized by the presence of water, red soil and dark vegetation. An L shape commercial complex, as mini mall, marks the design of the public space, creating an entrance square for the whole development and creating a public inner square connected with the first floor retail activities. The building is conceived as a composition of podium and a larger upper volume that creates semipublic covered space along the perimeter. The cladding of the building is designed as a double skin perforated metal panels composition, made of different densities related with the inner functions. The 4 stars hotel is thought as an urban façade on the main road and it’s composed of two main parts: a base which contains the public facilities of the hotel, such as lobby, restaurants, business center, meeting rooms and banquet room, and an upper volume, more regular, for the rooms. The suite rooms are located in the head facing the commercial square on the South side. The L shape of the building creates an inclusive semi-public square. The business hotel is conceived as a linear building that defines the west border of the semi-public square. The idea of a podium and a cantilevered volume are the principles of the design of the building that is believed as bridge over the linear central path. The residential buildings in the west area are composed by a geometry of carved blocks with a balanced variation of the façade, creating a dynamic relation between surfaces, walls and openings, and between each building with a mixed housing typologies design.