Architecture studio Aedas has unveiled its completed Dance of Light office skyscraper in Chongqing, China, with a twisted façade informed by the shape of the northern lights.
Located on Xingfu Plaza in the Jiangbei District of Chongqing, the 201.7-meter-tall tower has two double-curved façades that create the impression that the building is being twisted.
Aedas designed the 39-story skyscraper to be a landmark building in the business district where each of the buildings were informed by stars and celestial bodies.
The studio chose to focus its building, which is nicknamed Dance of Light, on the curved shape of the northern lights – also known as the Aurora Borealis.
Working with façade consultant RFR, the design team aimed to create a smooth external façade rather than the angular forms seen on other rotated buildings. To achieve this the building’s facades were clad in double-curved, cold-form glass.
According to the studio, the building has a “twisting angle” of up to 8.8 degrees per floor, which it believes is 1.5 times more than any other skyscraper, making it one of the “most twisted towers in the world”.
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