PROJECT: Xi’an CCBD (Centre Culture Business District)
CLIENT: CRL (China Resources Land)
LOCATION: Xi’an, China
COMPLETION DATE: December 2024
SIZE: 155,000 sqm (Podium); + 77,000 sqm (Landscape)
DESIGN DIRECTOR: Thomas Heatherwick
GROUP LEADER & PARTNER: Mat Cash
PROJECT LEADERS: Luis Sacristán Murga; Simon Winters
PROJECT MANAGERS: Consuelo Manna;Jimmy Hung
TECHNICAL DESIGN LEADERS: Nick Ling; Maura Ambrosiano
CHINA LEAD: Leo Cheung
PROJECT TEAM
Architecture
Adam Brown, Adam West, Alfredo Chavez, Almu Rodrigue, Anjie Gu, Aziz Hoque, Blue Tuohy, Cong Wang, Consuelo Manna, Eric Lim, Erich Breuer, Fanos Katsaris, Francis Ng, Freddie Lomas, Hamze Machmouchi, Hannah Parker, Hannah Steenson, Helen Siu, James Ness, Jethro Rebollar, Ji Qi, Jimmy Hung, Ko-Cheng Liu, Kong Hoang, Linus Cheng, Luis Sacristán Murga, Luke Plumbley, Manuel Ramos, Marwah Osama, Mat Cash, Matthew Magee, Meera Yadave, Michael Kloihofer, Nick Ling, Remi Phillips-Hood, Sherry Xiao, Silvia Rueda Cuellar, Simon Winters, Simone Berardelli, Sonila Kadillari, Steven Howson, Victoria Dong, Vito Sugianto, Willow Tang
Interiors
Agnes Kerecsanin, Aleksandar Bursac, Alice Dousova, Andre Kong, Ayumi Konishi, Aziz Hoque, Beau Lawrence, Blue Tuohy, Bori Kovacs, Carrick Blore, Charlotte McCarthy (Lead), Chen He, Chen Yue, Consuelo Manna, Edward Milton, Emric John-Sawyer, Ezgi Terzioglu, , Fanos Katsaris, Flavio Sousa Monteiro, Francesca Morroni (Lead), Francesca Valentino, Freddie Lomas, Hannah Francis, Harriet Gargrave, James Harris, Ji Qi, Joe Brennan, Karim Hallak, Kelvin Lam, Krina Christopoulou, Leo, Cheung, Liang-Yu Sung, Lijing Zhou, Luis Sacristán Murga, Marcus Hawk, Mark McKee (Lead), Mary Suen, Martynas Kasiulevicius, Matthew Heitel, Mat Cash, Maura Ambrosiano, May Tang, Moira Geddes, Natasha Trumic, Nick Ling, Noa Guy, Olga Rienda Sevilla, Oliver Zhu, Paul Brooke, Pennie Dawes, Ragavendran Gowrisankar, Silvia Rueda Cuellar, Simone Berardelli, Sofia Hagen, Thomas Thornton and Xirong Zheng.
Landscape
Aziz Hoque, Consuelo Manna, Erich Breuer, Fanos Katsaris, Hamze Machmouchi, Harriet Gargrave, Jimmy Hung, Kate Le Masurier, Kelvin Lam, Luis Sacristán Murga, Mat Cash, Maura Ambrosiano, Paul Chu, Philipp Nedomlel (Lead), Remi Phillips-Hood, Sherry Xiao, Winki Ho, Yijia Li
Xi’an Tree
Angel Tenorio (Lead), Andrew Friedenberg, Anjie Gu, Cameron Overy, Consuelo Manna, Craig Miller, Diana Mykhaylychenko, Dirce Medina Patatuchi, Fabian Hubner, Ji Qi, Jimmy Hung, Joanna Sabak, Joe Brennan, Ko-Cheng Liu, Kyriakos Chatziparaskevas, Luis Sacristán Murga, Martynas Kasiulevicius, Mat Cash, Nick Ling, Nicolas Ombres, Ondrej Pokoj, Peter Romvari, Sherry Xiao, Theophile Peju
COLLABORATORS
10 Design (retail planning)
Goettsch Partners (towers A&B Architecture)
Lacime (towers C&D Architecture)
Andre Fu Studio (Hotel Interior Designer)
Territory Studio (Tree Projection & AV Design)
CONSULTANTS
Arup (facade engineering)
RBS (structural engineering)
WSP (MEP engineering)
KTP (Tree structural engineering)
CFT (Tree façade engineering)
WTD (Executive Landscape Architect) Speirs+Major (Specialist lighting)
MIR (visualisation)
Devisual (visualisation)
Slashcube (visualisation)
Robotics Plus (Tree 3D Design Coordination).
LOCAL DESIGN INSTITUTES
JZFZ (overall LDI)
KTF (façade LDI)
Sky Design (interior LDI)
Green (landscape LDI)
HDA (lighting LDI)
CERAMIC MANUFACTURERS
HEDE (North Podium)
TOB (South Podium)
Yi Design (lift buttons)
In early 2020, the studio was invited to design a project for the Chinese state development company, China Resources Land, in Xi’an. The studio was asked to imagine a whole district that would integrate towers and significant public space next to a busy road.
The Xi’an Centre Culture Business District (CCBD) is located south of the city’s historic centre between the ruins of the Temple of Heaven and the prominent Shaanxi TV tower. The district blends a retail podium with walkable streets, terraces and open plazas, offices, apartments, accommodation, green spaces, and a vertical park.