The Shopping Complex - World Trade Center
The Shopping complex is designed to connect indoor and outdoor functions. This is achieved by recessing the floor plate of the shopping complex at each level, thus forming cascading terraces at each floor which can be accessed by the stairs at every floor. The idea is to design a huge plaza for the public with cascading levels as if it seems like an elevated ground at each level. The main Plaza is kept free of any vehicular circulation. The two Identical Office Towers can be accessed by the lift core on the ground floor of the podium/ complex that directly opens up to the 4th level where the office tower begins. The central section includes the circulation area and all the required services while the offsets of the floor are occupied by different office room layouts. Each floor has 4 common meeting rooms. The whole complex is designed as a single entity yet each building has its own special features and identity that separates the functions and user access. It seems like an elevated gr