Pazhou Complex

CECF (Pazhou) Complex, located in Pazhou Island in southeast part of Guangzhou, is uniquely designed in a beautiful environment. The functions of meeting, exhibition and commercial negotiation are united in this exhibition centre. It is a modern architecture with perfect combination of efficiency, intelligence, humanization and ecology.

Area: The total land area of Pazhou Complex is 700000m². For the first phase of the project, a total of 430000m² of land is used. The total construction area is 395000m². Sixteen exhibition halls are built, among which the land area of indoor exhibition halls is 160000m², and that of outdoor exhibition sites is 22000m². It is by now the largest exhibition centre in Asia.

Roof and Walls: The roof adopts large span space truss of prestressed sustained steel tube, using 15000 tons of steel. The surface uses frosted stainless steel. The external walls in the east, west and north are glass walls. With a total area of 58000m², these glass walls give a brilliant and spectacular appearance.

Design Principle: The main design principle of Pazhou Complex is to extend the image of "flowing" of Pearl River. The wave like rooftop just likes the river flowing by. It integrates with surrounding environment elegantly. This design principle is unparalleled in all of the exhibition centers in the world.

Pearl Promenade: The centre of the main building is designed to be Pearl Promenade that serves as the main passage to the exhibition sites. It is 450-meter long and 30-meter wide. There are lifts, elevators and stairs every 90 meters. Vertical to the Pearl Promenade, there is a Terminal Promenade in the east of the main building, whose function is to ensure the parking space for large number of incoming vehicles.

Functions of the Exhibition Halls: CECF (Pazhou) Complex now has 16 indoor exhibition halls, which covers 160000m², and can be separated into 10200 exhibition spaces. The outdoor exhibition sites near the river covers 22000m².

The exhibition hall of the ground floor is 13 meters high and that of the second floor is 8.89 to 19 meters high. It can provide a supreme high space for all kinds of exhibitions. In the five huge halls on the second floor, there are no poles, even when each hall covers about 10000m². There are only several poles in the eight halls on the ground floor, which is convenient for disposing the exhibition. The weight for each square meter to bear is five tons and 1.5 tons for the ground floor and the second floor. Besides, there are opening entrances and exits in both of the south and north sides, therefore the exhibition halls can be united for exhibitions as well as separated. Here are technical data on the exhibition halls:

Exhibition Halls	1A、1B、1C、1D、1E Halls	1J、1K、1L Halls	2A、2B、2C、2D、2E Halls	3 Halls in the Elevated Floor
Main Entrance	Two gates in each side (south and north): 8.5 meters wide, 5.5 meters high	Two gates in each side (south and north): 8.5 meters wide, 5.5 meters high	Two gates in each side (south and north): 8.5 meters wide, 5.5 meters high	One gate in the north: 3.95 meters wide
Size of the Halls	128m×90m	1J,1L Hall: 110m×90m;1K Hall: 90m×41m	128m×90m	-1J,-1L Hall: 110m×90m;-1K Hall: 90m×67m
Area of the Halls	11520m2/Hall	1J, 1L Hall: 9900 m2/Hall; 1K Hall: 3690m2	11520 m2/Hall	-1J,-1L Hall: 9900 m2/Hall; -1K Hall: 6030m2
Highness of the Halls	13 meters	11.65-15.16 meters	8.89-19 meters	3.4 meters
Constructable Highness	12.2 meters	10.85-14.36 meters	8.09-18.2 meters	2.6 meters
Weight Bearing of the Ground	5 ton/ m2	5 ton/ m2	1.35 ton/ m2