R&F City | Aedas | Masterplanning & Urban Design | Beijing, PRC | Beijing, PRC

Aedas won first prize in the master planning and architectural design competition for this project. Subsequently, the firm was appointed as architect to execute its award winning scheme.

The mixed-use development is located on a 49-hectare site along the Eastern 3rd Ring Road near Beijing’s new central business district. The master plan incorporates a comprehensive range of development broken into several phases, consisting of 150,000 sq-m of offices, 1,000,000 sq-m of residential, 58,000 sq-m of hotel, and 82,000 sq-m of retail area.

The commercial component of R&F City comprises two 21-storey grade A office buildings, one 25-storey 400-500 room hotel, a 10-storey serviced apartment block, and a large shopping mall. Though possessing a frontage of more than 550m in length, the complex’s functions avoid creating a ‘wall effect’ by being integrated as a curvilinear volume along the 3rd Ring Road. An urban plaza at the southern tip of the site creates an attractive open space for the surrounding community.