SOM recently shared with us their new tower located in Manila’s Makati Central Business District that has been shortlisted for a 2012 MIPIM Asia award. Rising 33 stories to height of 160 meters, the Zuellig Building is the first premium office tower in the Philippines to be erected since 2000. It is also the first building in Makati that has been pre-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) at the LEED Gold level, and is expected to achieve LEED Platinum certification by September 2013. More details after the break.
Housing nearly 65,000 square meters of Class-A office space and 2000 square meters of retail space, the highly desirable location at its prominent intersection is intended to accommodate future development. The overall form of the building was derived from the geometry of the site that is bound by Makati Avenue and Paseo de Roxas. The fan-shaped floor plates taper towards the southern face – which allows the building’s facades to be set orthogonally to the east and west property lines while also directly engaging the fabric of the city in those directions.
