Shenzhen Science City, one of the seven key urban renewal projects in Shenzhen, is located in the CBD core of the Shenzhen Bay area. The project was led by Academician Meng Jianmin’s team from the Chinese Academy of Engineering for architectural design, with façade design by Warner. Centered around three super high-rise Grade-A office towers with a total gross floor area of 450,000 m², the development creates large green park spaces through staggered towers and features an innovative 500 m circular sky track, forming a three-dimensional public space network across ground, sky, and underground levels. It serves as both a comprehensive complex and a strategic node for upgrading Shenzhen’s central axis CBD, aiming to combine low-carbon, environmentally friendly design with highly efficient office functionality.
The project faced dual challenges in façade thermal design. Firstly, the geometrically folded building envelope greatly increased the number of irregular nodes and cantilevered structures, adding technical complexity. Secondly, traditional curtain wall frames produce thermal bridges, leading to high U-values, condensation risks, and overheating. Conventional energy simulation software cannot accurately calculate heat transfer for complex façades, making it difficult to meet stringent requirements for Green Star Three, LEED Gold, and BREEAM Excellent certifications. To balance aesthetics and performance, the team used full-height insulated Low-E glass, enhancing natural lighting while limiting heat transmission, though the aluminum frame thermal bottleneck remained.
Warmframe Technology’s innovative curtain wall thermal-break blanket system provided the solution. The patented insulation blanket is embedded within aluminum frames and precisely conforms to irregular units, effectively blocking thermal bridges, reducing frame heat transfer, and eliminating condensation risks. This design accommodates 4.5 m-high curved glass units while maintaining façade integrity and works synergistically with vertical shading and ventilation structures to optimize overall thermal performance. Compared with traditional thermal-break aluminum relying on local nylon strips, the blanket ensures continuous insulation across the frame, offering higher flexibility in high-rise curtain wall design. In the 2025 Guangdong Excellent Engineering Design Awards, Shenzhen Science City Phase I Blocks B/C won first prize in the Public Building Design category.
By integrating Warmframe technology, Shenzhen Science City overcame the technical challenges of complex geometry and ultra-low energy use, becoming a low-carbon benchmark for industry–city integration in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area. This project demonstrates the core value of high-performance thermal-break blankets in landmark façades. To date, Warmframe has contributed to over 500 landmark buildings worldwide, covering 90% of projects with Green Star Three, LEED, or BREEAM certifications—from Beijing Universal Studios to Qingdao Haitian Center—continuously promoting a shift from “passive energy protection” to “active optimization” in building energy efficiency. With Shenzhen’s updated Public Building Energy Design Code (SJG 44‑2018) raising thermal envelope requirements, this technology offers a replicable path for upgrading both new and existing buildings.