Chengdu’s Sliced-Geometry Mega Complex Opens in 2010
By the end of 2010, this 105,000 square foot city-within-a-city will be a major landmark in Chengdu, China. Since this particular part of Chengdu doesn’t get that much sunlight, the buildings use sliced geometry that makes it porous to daylight exposure—hence the name of the project, Sliced Porosity Block. The ponds, which recycle rainwater cooled…