Today on 13 December The News Islamabad I see a very majestic project being developed in collaboration of the Chinese companies is a modern elite plaza which will be basically built to house the Chinese products and is located on 19-Ferozepur Road Lahore. The design of the building is very modern. Will keep more posted about it.

http://www.chinacenter.com.pk/home.htm

Good find Abbasia.

Here are some renders from the website,

http://www.chinacenter.com.pk/images/exterior3.jpg

http://www.chinacenter.com.pk/images/exterior1.jpg

whats beautiful building

Where on FP Rd? any one know?

http://www.chinacenter.com.pk/images/location.jpg

^Good location, not the best, would have been better if it had been on MB.

this building looks similar to bulvd heights! dont you guys think so?

it looks nothing like boulevard heights.

this is more of a modern chiense design .

hmmmm... a good design i must say to the previous arguement i had on modern building in lahore.....
a foriegn design will iniate a difference in designing multistorey building.
the facade really looks amazing....

The location of the building is extremely poor, I believe. That place is crowded like hell! It's somewhere near Muzung Chungi.

neverthe less it will be a great addition to lahore :)

Front View
http://www.chinacenter.com.pk/images/exterior4.jpg

I like this building

If only it were more symetrical, and include some sort of decorative elements

Other than that, its a Good design!

The location of the building is extremely poor, I believe. That place is crowded like hell! It's somewhere near Muzung Chungi.


thats even better, we cant ignore these hell places, we must turn them into heaven.

it will be a good project to beautify the area, and the area is allready getting a big uplift, theres so many new malls and towers coming on ferozpur road, plus ring road will clean the traffic.

The building is beautiful and shows the image of East Asia. East Asians are very advanced and forward thinking. Americans can learn a lot from East Asians.

The only thing with the drawings is that they are showing cars that aren't driven in Pakistan. However, by the time the building is complete I hope that we start seeing those types of cars in Pakistan.

well i love building which break the symmetry......u look from one side n u say amazing design n when u move over to the next side, expecting the same design n u find something different u say awesome....thats wat i call archi......a good example is Frank Garys work at Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles....

what are the dates...i mean when does construction start and end

the area is quite dirty but its getting an uplift now.

the building has a south west face....i m wondering how will they stop all the direct sunlight from entering during the hot period of summers....??? Glass allowing heats to enter n prevents long wave radiation to be trapped inside....this means they will hafto waste alot of energy through air conditioning and cooling during that season...!!!

Salam,

Its a nice project and looks a bit different too. Not a tall building though. Neat and clean architecture.
the building has a south west face....i m wondering how will they stop all the direct sunlight from entering during the hot period of summers....??? Glass allowing heats to enter n prevents long wave radiation to be trapped inside....this means they will hafto waste alot of energy through air conditioning and cooling during that season...!!! Techno-Architect! I really like your attitude. This is an important comment by you because it takes into consideration the fact that we can save a lot of energy by mere architecture of the design. For example, a little light can glow the entire room if we have brilliant-white paint on the walls. Similarly, sheds can "shed" heat waves away in summers and en-trap the interior heat during winters.
In winters, however, this building may get some cosy sunlight and may save heating :)
Peace.

Thats one awesome design!
good one for Lahore!

well adding to the last comment, at nite during the winter, the temperature falls to usually 4'C on average. Glass is a not a thick material, like you can use a max of 35-50mm glass, a cavity glass also, but the fact is that in cold weather, your heat genereated inside whether artificially or trapped by direct sunlight in the day whoz intensity in not that much, heat losses from inside to outside cannot be stopped through a material like glass. so either ways if u have a larger glass facades in summers or winters, the energy transfers and losses cannot be minimized.

Each building material has a 'K' value. The one with the lowest 'k' value is the best insulator of heat. Compare the concept of 27-36 inch walls used during the colonial period when there were no sources of heating and cooling to use of a 25mm glass sheet for sun protection!!

any update on this project?

No construction updates till now! They still are busy selling the commercial area. I have no idea when they are looking forward to start the project!

Greetings,

This beautifull building is at 19 Ferouze Pur Road. Its architect is Mr. Ayub Munir, the CEO of Matrix Consultants. The building is 15ft high from ground now. People have really admired the design and facilities of this building.

the building has a south west face....i m wondering how will they stop all the direct sunlight from entering during the hot period of summers....??? Glass allowing heats to enter n prevents long wave radiation to be trapped inside....this means they will hafto waste alot of energy through air conditioning and cooling during that season...!!!

Greetings,

I really appreciate your concern fellow. But we have taken care of the problem you have mentioned. we have used "Insulation Cavity Glass" in it and so the sunlight will not be a problem at all.

I hope you all have seen its website: www.chinacenter.com.pk or www.gallop.pk

Regards

well thats good. Those remarks by me r very old. Now new technology has been introduced in lhr which can easily cater such problems of heat n sunlight n sound too! If it is possible can u tell us which company glass u r gonna use n detail specifications.

Ive been passing the site office fer quite some time, but i havent cn any progress.....can u give us the details y there hasnt work started yet on the site n when is it expected!

^^^ but the lime is saying its 15ft high now from ground level n you are saying something else,,, lime can you show some pictures of the site

Greetings,

The construction has started fellows, but yes it did get late. The reason was quite reasonable though. You see there was some problem in approval matters and the developer did not want to do a construction of one inch with out proper and complete approval of his plaza. So we showed great patience and started work after getting complete approvals. I guess China Center is the only plaza there which is building the whole structure as approved by the LDA and nothing beside it. The developers of China Center are educated people and did not want to hurry in such issues.

Now the construction has started and it’s going pretty fast.

I am afraid I have no picture of construction work at the moment but can provide you with the pictures very soon. I will send the details of companies from which we are taking the glass and rest of the materiel.


Regards

Can we have some pictures of the work at the site.. what is the current status of this building...!!??

the building is not constructed yet its is stopped by the superme court coz the are buliding it illegaly or something else .....

the building is not constructed yet its is stopped by the superme court coz the are buliding it illegaly or something else .....
Dude, you happen to know about every illegal building!

:lol:

"the building is not constructed yet " what else is new?

The excavation work is under process. Dont know about its legal status. Most of the projects in lahore are in the SUPREME COURT now. Justice Chachoo is back in the court! Lolzz

now the construction of every building had been stopped by the supreme court so this project is also halted.:ohno:

construction is going on.Now they had reached the ground level

^^Finally! Accha hua CJ ko thudda karaya... everything had stopped.

YAAR CJ should be ban so nobady start taunting him

By on what grounds they have issued a stay order?

This ia what new change at the site of the china center

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/LAHORE/06%20FEB%202008%20LAHORE/CHINATRADECENTER.jpg

sorry for the angle of the pic.

nothing is happening there... how long will it take to get this thing started...???

The work on the site is going on and its in full swing.They are working in the night time too

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2029%202008/CHINACENTER.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2029%202008/CHINACENTER1.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/LAHORE/05%2029%202008/CHINACENTER2.jpg