Data Center of China Life Insurance in Shanghai / gmp

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gmp为中国规模最大的保险公司设计数据中心

中国人寿为中国规模最大的保险公司，其位于上海浦东的数据中心日前投入使用。项目由gmp冯·格康，玛格及合伙人建筑师事务所担纲设计，建筑综合体经过6年设计建设于2015年6月落成。gmp同时承担了建筑室内设计。建筑设计传达了两个核心观念，以建筑语言突出其最大的人寿保险提供者的企业形象：首先是其诚信、安全、持久、客户导向的企业精神，另外一方面则是最先进的数据处理技术，实现可持续性。

Data Center of China Life Insurance in Shanghai completed
China’s largest insurance company occupies the building designed by gmp

China’s largest insurance company, China Life Insurance Company, has moved into its new Data Center in Shanghai-Pudong. After a design and construction period of six years – which is on the long side for China – the complex designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) was completed in June. The interior design was also mostly created by gmp. The objective of the design was to convey, through the architecture, two important qualities which should be associated with a large insurance company: on the one hand, qualities such as trustworthiness, reliability, longevity and customer orientation, and on the other hand, the fact that the company uses data processing and state-of-the-art technology – i.e. that it is equipped for the future.

▼建筑综合体风格统一 The ensemble is presented as one unit

▼主入口前厅 Main lobby

约3座建筑体组成的综合体提供约8万平方米的楼面面积，运营空间、会议空间、值宿空间围绕保险公司数据处理中心的核心区域布置。所有的功能融合在三个简洁的长方形建筑体块中，体块的布局相互之间具有张力，将建筑之间的空间定义成了大气的入口空间和内庭院。裙楼建筑一部分为多层建筑，一部分简化为条带装饰，闭合了综合体的开放一侧，围合入口广场和绿化景观，使得建筑组团对外形成了一个完整的整体形象。在建筑呈现信息安全保密的数据中心形象的同时，庭院面向各个方向的开放刻意创造了一个公开透明、为客户服务的良好氛围。建筑立面上的玻璃窗带突出的水平方向的错落的纹理传达了计算机芯片的意象。水平向白色和透明交替玻璃窗带与相连的箱式幕墙刻画了建筑体和室外空间，赋予建筑令人难忘的外部形象。

The project comprises 80,000 square meters of gross floor area and, in three buildings, accommodates offices and hotel and conference functions around the Data Center at the heart of the insurance complex. The functions are grouped into three succinct rectangular building volumes which relate to each other in a dynamic way, such that the open spaces in between are defined as generous entrance areas and inner courtyards. Towards the outside, the ensemble is presented as one unit by virtue of a plinth structure which – partly with several stories and partly dissolved into bands – frames the buildings, the entrance plaza and the landscaping. While this signals data security and confidentiality, specially designed openings to the courtyards create an atmosphere of openness, transparency and customer accessibility in several directions. On the other hand, the emphasis on the glass envelope with its horizontal stepped bands highlights the technological symbolism, as it resembles the characteristic lines and offsets on the printed circuit boards of computers. The ensemble is given its unique character by the horizontally structured box-type window façade of white and transparent glass strips that links all the building volumes and open spaces, creating a sense of uniformity.

▼入口广场 Entrance plaza

▼主入口前厅内楼梯 Stairway in main lobby

▼建筑综合体夜景 Night view