This makes me want to return to China. Beijing is an incredible city. Amazing. Astounding.....wow.... cd Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects' Linked Hybrid project in Beijing should break the pattern. The complex will house 2,500 people in 700 apartments and feature one of the world's largest geothermal cooling and heating systems, which will regulate the temperature within the eight buildings, all linked at the 20th floor by a "ring" of cafés and services. Dual pipes pump water from 100 meters below ground, circulating the liquid between the buildings' concrete floors.
Cool China Housing
Cool China Housing
Cool China Housing
This makes me want to return to China. Beijing is an incredible city. Amazing. Astounding.....wow.... cd Mass housing in China has historically been standardized and repetitive. Steven Holl Architects' Linked Hybrid project in Beijing should break the pattern. The complex will house 2,500 people in 700 apartments and feature one of the world's largest geothermal cooling and heating systems, which will regulate the temperature within the eight buildings, all linked at the 20th floor by a "ring" of cafés and services. Dual pipes pump water from 100 meters below ground, circulating the liquid between the buildings' concrete floors.