CCTV Headquarters [中央电视台总部大楼]
Design of China Central Television headquaters
Location: [朝阳区，东三环中路32号] No.32 Dong San Huan Zhong Lu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Typology: Company headquarters Scale: 473,000sqm (Building area), 20ha (Site area), 234 metres, 44 story Contracting authority: China Central Television (CCTV) Main Stakeholders: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Year: 2004-2012 (Construction)
The impressive architecture of this skyscraper has an extraordinary structure that is out of the ordinary with its 14 floors cantilever floating at over 200 meters above the ground. The building has different functions separated in the two bottom towers, such as TV studios, offices, and broadcasting and production facilities. The building has direct access to the subway, connecting the 10,000 workers to the transportation network. Administration offices are located in the bridge connecting the two towers, overhanging the city. Its architecture, hated by some and admired by others, showing the power of the State TV agency but also promoting modernity thanks to its contemporary shape and concept, has received the familiar nickname of “Big Pant”.
Keywords: Power, Size Up
Design of China Central Television headquaters
Location: [朝阳区，东三环中路32号] No.32 Dong San Huan Zhong Lu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Typology: Company headquarters Scale: 473,000sqm (Building area), 20ha (Site area), 234 metres, 44 story Contracting authority: China Central Television (CCTV) Main Stakeholders: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) Year: 2004-2012 (Construction)
The impressive architecture of this skyscraper has an extraordinary structure that is out of the ordinary with its 14 floors cantilever floating at over 200 meters above the ground. The building has different functions separated in the two bottom towers, such as TV studios, offices, and broadcasting and production facilities. The building has direct access to the subway, connecting the 10,000 workers to the transportation network. Administration offices are located in the bridge connecting the two towers, overhanging the city. Its architecture, hated by some and admired by others, showing the power of the State TV agency but also promoting modernity thanks to its contemporary shape and concept, has received the familiar nickname of “Big Pant”.
Keywords: Power, Size Up