5-1.SPATIAL QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSTICS
1.SITE
2.TRANSPORTATION
3.GREENERY
4.INDOOR ENVIRONMENT
LEED Scordcard of Pearl River Tower in building site.(source:(U.S. Green Building Council,2013))
1.Site
Pearl River Town is located in the Zhujiang New Town,which is a new central business district in Guangzhou, China. This building is 309 meters tall, which is the No.3 tallest building in Guangzhou since 2012. With the 23.12675°N of the latitude and 113.3176°E of longitude, the prevailing wind direction is from southeast during April and July, while from September to March , the prevailing wind direction is from North(Fig.1). The building’s envelope design make good use of this climate feature for the better ventilation.
2.Transportation
This Building is easy to find and access because of its envelope and the location which is near the Metro and the APM(Fig.2). The alternative transportation offer people the convenience of coming and leaving the building(Physiological and Sociological: located in the central business district, the perfect transportation system offer people an easy way to access the building.)
3.Greenery
In the area the building located in(Fig.3) , there are two main features that can be observed. One is the density , which is obviously lower than other area. The other one is the greenery, which is more and the greenery around the building can offer a larger open space. Low building density and greenery can bring people a sense of comfort from physical and psychological , also it can ease the urban heat and improve the environmental quality(physiological: greenery can offer a better environment and improve the environmental quality)
Fig.2 Location of the Pearl River Tower(source: Baidu map)
Fig.1 Orientation and Prevailing wind through the building (source:Pearl River Tower
Guangzhou, China AEI Professional Project Awards January 2014 )
Fig.3 Three dimension map of Pearl River Tower(source: Baidu Map)
4.Indoor environment
For the indoors environment, the height of the office area ranges from 2.7m to 3.0m,and With the large area of the window, an open view can be provided, especially in the south, hold a panoramic view of the whole central business district,which can offer occupants a good sense of space. (Fig.4, Fig.5)
Fig.4 office area(source:by group)
Fig.5 View of south window