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RNL’s mixed-use competition entry for the Chinese electronics retailer, “Suning” creates a destination that invigorates the area by creating an iconic built form combined with a client donated Public Park. The built form includes retail, office, department store, Movie Theater, and apartments. The public is welcomed into the built environment across a park setting accented by unique landscaping focused on a terraced fountain plaza flowing from grade to a below grade retail shopping street. This retail space is centered by an internal open atrium flowing from B1 up through four levels of shopping to open air roof garden terraces that serve office tenants and upper level restaurant uses. The overall built volume is sculpted to accentuate its height and reduce the separation of tower from base. This use of form and function, create a unified form which combines all of the different uses into one unified form. Using this unique design solution moves our project away from the typical design solution for mixed use projects of a retail commercial base topped with tower uses. This project was completed through an alliance of RNL & Charles Group International.