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As the first commercial project of Hong Leong Group’s City Developments Limited (CDL) in China, Aedas-designed HLCC Mall in Suzhou officially opens its doors.
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It is the flagship commercial component of the entire Aedas-designed Hong Leong City Center.
Designed by Aedas Global Design Principal Dr Andy Wen, Hong Leong City Center is a mixed-use urban development which consists of hotel, office, commercial/retail, and serviced apartments.
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According to the planning conditions, there are strict restrictions of height limit and building massing. The planning conditions also require a landscape public walkway lay across the south and north of the site.
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The mixed-use urban development in Suzhou Industrial Park offers hotel, office, retail, and serviced apartments programmes.
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Complete the development a 150-metre hotel and office tower, a 150-metre SOHO tower, two 100-metre residential towers and a central commercial podium HLCC Mall.
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Suzhou is famously known as ‘the paradise on earth’. The architectural design produces a unique organic form which melds seamlessly into the city’s breathtaking landscape.
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Horizontal lines dominate the façades and the differences in building heights create a three-dimensional terraced form, reminding people of the terraced tea plantations in the region.
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The development is also porous and highly accessible, with a public landscaped boulevard running across the site from north to south.
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The design of the architectural houses and towers focuses on horizontal lines which are similar to Suzhou’s famous terraced tea plantations.
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The project targets to achieve BCA green mark Platinum rating and it also commits to achieve the highest LEED environmental rating. Source and photos Courtesy of Aedas.
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