Lead Designer
Mag Architecture, MSc
London, UK
Martin Gsandtner
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Courtesy of Brick Visual
Martin’s recent projects include the International Gateway Centre in Hong Kong and Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base in Shenzhen.
Prior to joining ZHA, Martin spent a decade teaching at institutions worldwide, including at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, the Academy of Arts, Architecture, and Design in Prague, the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL) in London, and the National United University in Taiwan.
Render by Hayes Davidson
Featured Projects
From a large masterplan in Chengdu designed to enhance the well-being of its community to a office development with a network of public gardens and landscaped plazas in Hong Kong, discover highlights of Martin's notable projects at ZHA.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Martin completed his Magister of Architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and his Master of Science from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Beyond architecture, Martin is passionate about music and has studied Conducting and Composition at the Music and Arts Private University of Vienna.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Martin has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Courtesy of ZHA, render by MIR
Start-up exhibition and conference centre
Masterplans
A mixed-use masterplan for 70,000 researchers, office staff, residents and visitors, Unicorn Island has been designed to enhance the well-being of its community; its design influenced by principles within the region’s historical natural engineering projects.
Courtesy of ZHA
Offices
Conceived as four interconnected towers reaching a height of 200m (42 floors), the 185,000 sq.m design incorporates two towers of flexible, open-plan spaces linked by a 20-storey vertical lobby, and two external service towers providing vertical circulation.
Courtesy of Brick Visual
Offices
Tall Buildings
The design of Tower C integrates the city and nature within its central green axis with the transit orientated development (TOD) of Shenzhen’s new spine, creating a ‘superscape’ that will become a tower of the future within the Super Headquarters Base.
Render by Hayes Davidson
Mixed Use
Offices
Adjacent to the West Kowloon Cultural District, the 3.2 million sq. ft. development above Hong Kong’s High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus connects established and emerging neighbourhoods with a network of public gardens and landscaped plazas.
Render by Atchain
Culture
Mixed Use
A place of convergence and collaboration, the Yidan Center will be home to the Chen Yidan Foundation in its work to promote lifelong learning and innovation in education.
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