Work has been completed on the Zhuhai Civil Service Centre in Zhuhai, a city in China of 2.5 million people, bordering Macao in the southeastern province of Guangdong.
The building combines a 73m-high emergency control tower and four civil service office buildings connected by a public deck. These buildings now accommodate more than 80 government departments dealing with areas such as taxation, social security, and property transactions.
It is sited next to recreational facilities such as a public library, sports stadium, cultural palace, museums and youth activity centres.
The architect on the project was 10 Design, a subsidiary of French consultant Egis. It said the aim was to create a “vibrant hub” in the city’s civic hub.
‘A model for government buildings’
Peby Pratama, the firm’s design principal, said the centre aimed to be a “model for what government buildings can and should be – a welcoming, vibrant centre built for the community and complementing the surrounding nature and neighbouring landmarks”.
The 200,000 sq m building is divided into two blocks with a public area between. They are topped by a photovoltaic canopy that is intended to suggest the wings of a seagull.
The work was carried out in conjunction with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD), which also handled the landscape architecture and the M&E packages.
BIAD also designed Zhuhai’s egg-shaped opera house, completed in 2018.
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