Lead Designer
BArch, MArch
Beijing, China
Qi Cao
Qi is currently working on the OPPO International Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. With extensive experience covering from concept design to project delivery in China, Qi has worked closely with multi-disciplinary teams on construction packages, ensuring they’re aligned with the original design intent.
Photograph by Lue Xiang
Featured Projects
From a new culture & arts centre incorporating a contemporary art museum, an 1,800-seat theatre with supporting facilities and a multipurpose hall, to the new global headquarters of Infinitus China which incorporates work environments designed to nurture connectivity, discover highlights of Qi's notable projects at ZHA.
Qi completed his BArch from Xiamen University in China and his Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) with distinction at the Architectural Association (AA) in London. He taught as an Assistant Tutor at the 2017 AA summer school in Greece.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Qi has contributed to since joining ZHA.
Photograph by Virgile Simon Bertrand
Grand Theatre, Small Theatre, Art Museum
Culture
The new Culture & Arts Centre by ZHA incorporates a contemporary art museum (MICA), an 1,800-seat theatre with supporting facilities and a multipurpose hall. Its organic architectural language is defined by pedestrian routes that weave through the site to connect with neighbouring streets.
Photograph by Xue Liang 薛亮
Offices
Mixed Use
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.
Photograph by Hufton + Crow
Tall Buildings
Offices
Located on Lize Road in southwest Beijing, Leeza SOHO tower anchors the new Fengtai business district; a growing financial and transport hub between the city centre and the recently opened Beijing Daxing International Airport to the south.
Courtesy of CAT-OPTOGRAM 猫瞳
Culture
Integrating three distinct cultural institutions for the city, each venue within the Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Arts Centre incorporates unique characteristics that create differing visitor experiences, yet all are united by a coherent formal and structural logic that spans 170 meters wide from east to west and 270 meters long from north to south.
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.
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