Every window on the eastern side of the building offers a sweeping view of the CBD Central Park. This supertall office tower, named "Vision Place," is continuously redefining the office experience within the central business district, aiming to become a new generation of green international reception hall.
On December 29, the Z6 project in the core area of Beijing CBD, developed by Sino-Ocean Group, officially announced its name—Vision Place—and opened its meticulously crafted showcase floor to the market.
Developed and operated by Sino-Ocean Group and scheduled for completion and market entry in 2026, this building not only boasts an excellent location but also, as China's first "Net-Zero Carbon Excellence Level" certified supertall office tower, embodies a product core and architectural philosophy centered on "green, healthy, shared, and innovative."
Vision Place stands approximately 160 meters tall with a gross floor area of about 180,000 square meters. It features 33 stories above ground and 5 below, designed in collaboration by Foster + Partners and the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design.
Located in the heart of the CBD core area, Vision Place possesses a rare, "last-of-its-kind" advantage. It sits at the "Golden Cross" hub of the Guomao Bridge, alongside landmarks like the China World Tower complex and the CCTV Headquarters building. It faces Chang'an Avenue to the south, overlooks the East Third Ring Road to the west, and commands an unobstructed 180-degree front-row view of the CBD Central Park to the east, with direct pedestrian access to the park. Future plans include direct underground access from the B1 level to the Guomao Station, serving Subway Line 1 and Line 10.
To maximize this locational advantage, Vision Place achieved a key technical breakthrough: shifting the building's core tube to the west side. This allows the main structure to open up maximally towards the eastern park, creating more viewing interfaces and allowing for greater natural light infiltration, moving away from the constraints and dimness often associated with centrally located core tubes and yielding more expansive usable space.
Among the cluster of supertall office towers in the CBD, Vision Place's facade stands out as unique and refined. It eschews the traditional all-glass curtain wall style, instead constructing an elegant architectural language through a trio of "stone, metal, and glass curtain wall."
The light-colored natural granite stone cladding appears simple and grand from a distance, yet reveals a fine, textured quality up close, intended to resonate with Beijing's urban character. Bronze-colored titanium-plated metal frames precisely delineate refined layers, creating a contrast with the stone's warmth. The innermost layer of transparent glass curtain wall maximizes the introduction of natural light indoors.
This architecturally detailed, robust, and elegant exterior not only helps reduce glare pollution but also allows Vision Place to stand out in the CBD skyline, fulfilling the commitment of a landmark building to remain classic and timeless even 50 years later.
Unlike typical office buildings which usually have only 1-2 atriums, Vision Place features up to 6 shared atriums. A roughly 20-meter-high "vertical oasis" is embedded every 3 to 5 floors, making it the building with the highest number of shared atriums in the CBD area.
More uniquely, the eastern side of each atrium connects to an outdoor terrace, combining with the indoor greenery to create integrated indoor-outdoor natural "oxygen bars." Clients can enjoy social experiences that blend outdoor conversation with nature without ever leaving the building.
This innovative design stems from insights into top international corporate office trends—companies increasingly require shared spaces that foster deep collaboration. Accordingly, Vision Place dedicates approximately 12% of its floor area to versatile shared spaces, far exceeding industry standards. Through multi-level, park-like three-dimensional social settings, it aims to be a place where sparks of inspiration and thought can collide and flourish.
At Vision Place, cutting-edge technological innovations based on user needs materialize into impressive realities: an 18-meter超大跨度, completely column-free, rectangular floor plate. This allows for free and flexible space partitioning, and even cross-floor connectivity via removable floor slabs, comprehensively meeting the customization needs of large enterprises.
Achieving this involves high technical thresholds and systemic integration capabilities. To enable the large span, structural beam sizes were increased, and all MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing) conduits were meticulously planned and precisely routed. This ultimately achieved an exceptional clear ceiling height of 3 meters within a 4.5-meter floor-to-floor height, surpassing market standards.
The structural columns are integrated with the facade and curtain wall system. The adoption of "diamond-shaped" mega-columns is nearly unprecedented in China. The project team collaborated with top expert teams to tackle challenges from welding techniques to joint construction, ensuring the stable realization of this design that blends architectural aesthetics with structural innovation, thereby returning maximum spatial flexibility to the users.
Vision Place's curtain wall is not merely a glass barrier but a sophisticated "double-skin breathing system." By creating an adjustable air cavity between the unitized glass curtain wall and the inner window, and integrating sunshades, it optimizes thermal performance while maintaining glass transparency.
Natural ventilation is a highlight of this system. In office areas, the curtain wall features vertically integrated opening panels every 12 meters. Opening these outward enables efficient natural ventilation without compromising the interior usable space.
This design, tailored to the local climate, reduces operational energy consumption while continuously optimizing indoor air quality and comfort, making the building a reliable supporter of healthy workspaces.
Meticulous craftsmanship extends to every accessible detail in Vision Place. The ground-floor lobby, with its 10-meter-high ceiling, constructs a "Hall of Light." Walls are built from tens of thousands of custom-cast glass bricks stacked three-dimensionally, creating an ethereal and dreamy play of light and shadow under illumination. The ceiling employs a simple frosted mirror and grille design, cleverly concealing terminal equipment to keep the visual focus on the radiant walls.
Public areas predominantly feature warm wooden furniture, accented with natural floral decorations to soften the perceived "hardness" of the structural elements, echoing the project's green and healthy theme. Restrooms follow a "British Gentlemen's Club" concept, utilizing standalone washbasins and dark wood-grained walls to create a private and prestigious atmosphere.
The core "badge" of Vision Place is undoubtedly its achievement as China's first supertall office building to receive the "Net-Zero Carbon Excellence Level" certification. This is not an empty declaration but a rigorous system covering the building's entire lifecycle.
From planning and design to construction and operation, every stage of Vision Place follows a clear carbon management pathway, meticulously tracking and recording the entire process from the embodied carbon of building components to operational energy consumption. Through high-efficiency MEP systems, intelligent building control systems, elevator energy regeneration devices, and building-integrated renewable energy sources, it aims to achieve carbon reduction targets.
For occupants, net-zero carbon translates into a tangible daily experience: persistently fresh air, consistently comfortable temperatures, lower energy bills, and optimized operational costs. Choosing this location means anchoring a company's sustainable development philosophy in a physically certified, internationally recognized landmark, continually attracting like-minded talent and partners.
As the Beijing CBD uses "green" as its brush to sketch a new blueprint for a world-top business district, Vision Place, through its practices of "green, healthy, shared, and innovative," is becoming a solid stroke in that blueprint.
Just as its English name "Vision Place" implies, Vision Place is not merely a green office building but a new-generation green international reception hall—a place承载着承载着 carrying future visions and foresight.
From the revitalizing launch of Sino-Ocean Ann Plaza to Vision Place shaping the future skyline, Sino-Ocean continues to inject vitality into the city through its asset and commercial management capabilities.
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