The regret of Guangzhou Twin Towers

“Guangzhou has lost such a good opportunity to make the urban spatial form unique.” Ni Yang, who has participated in the design work of the West Tower and is the deputy dean of the Architectural Design Institute of South China University of Technology, believes that the East Tower and the East Tower on the central axis The fact that the West Tower was not built into the symmetrical "Twin Towers" is a great regret in the architecture of Zhujiang New Town. Ni Yang said that according to the original plan, the East Tower and the West Tower should be two symmetrical super high-rise buildings on both sides of Guangzhou's new central axis. There is no precedent in the world for forming symmetrical twin towers on the urban axis. Guangzhou saw this opportunity but failed to seize it. Today's West Tower and East Tower are arc-shaped and square, one is 432 meters and the other is 530 meters. Apart from their location, no other symmetrical features can be found. Ni Yang said that Guangzhou's abandonment of building symmetrical twin towers on both sides of the central axis is like a very talented musician competing with others. If Guangzhou's buildings are compared with those of other cities, it will not gain any opportunities or advantages.