Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank

Scale and time requirements induced using prefabricated and factory-finished modules articulated in a stepped profile of three individual towers, respectively twenty-nine, thirty-six and forty-four storeys high, which create floors of varying width and depth and allow for garden terraces.

The service cores are situated on the perimeter so as to create deep-plan floors around a ten-storey atrium. A mirrored sunscoop reflects sunlight down through the atrium to the floor of a public plaza, allowing for maximum natural daylighting within the office spaces. From the plaza, escalators rise up to the main banking hall, which with its glass underbelly was conceived as a shop window for banking.

Bridges spanning between floors break down the scale of the building both visually and socially. Circulation through the building combines high-speed lifts to the reception spaces with escalators beyond, reflecting village-like clusters of office floors.