JDS Wins Hangzhou Waves Design Competition With 2 Gorgeous Green-Roofed Towers

<a href="http://jdsa.eu/xina/">JDS Architects</a> just won first place in the Hangzhou Waves Design Competition with their plans for a pair of gorgeous towers topped with two kinds of green roof gardens. Although complementary to one another, the two towers are actually quite different. The hotel has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_roof">pixelated terraced green roof</a>, while the office building adjacent to it has a solid green roof. The towers are slated for construction in the financial district of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangzhou">Hangzhou Xintiandi</a>, Hangzhou, China. Check out the designer's amazing concept drawings in our gallery.

JDS won an international competition for 2 green roofed towers

One is a hotel and one is an office complex

They are slated for the Hanzhou financial district in China

Although many of the details have not been released, these towers are fairly "green"

Albeit large, they both feature plenty of green space

The towers are also manipulated to ensure that plenty of natural daylighting will penetrate the interior

The hotel has a pixelated terraced green roof

The rooms are all wrapped around a central terrace

The hotel on the other hand has a solid green roof

Great care has been taken to make the buildings pedestrian-friendly

This is what the building site looks like bare

It is then lifted to permit natural light

And covered with a terraced green roof

The office looks similar initially

Not pixelated, the green roof on the office tower is somewhat different, though it also has a sloping design