阿里云中心占据了一个完整的城市街区，建筑的容积率和高度被规划导则控制在更加适合步行体验的范畴。
建筑三面围合，面向海湾开敞，延续了街道的秩序感。
但建筑界面并不死板，建筑体块通过“堆叠”的方式，改变现有城市的尺度感与天际线。
堆叠的体量把大尺度的建筑分解成一个个看似随意叠加的方盒子，使建筑形体消解在了城市背景之中。
小尺度的叠加一方面与阿里巴巴致力服务于中小企业的理念相同，另一方面这种有趣而丰富的形态也更平易近人，比起精英派的高层写字楼更具亲和力。
建筑师显然不止满足于形体上的消解，在空间处理上，建筑师也试图将地块内的空间与城市空间融合的更加紧密。
与以往“划地自治”的传统做法不同，建筑师尝试将城市环境引入地块内部。
为此，设计提炼出五个要素（十字通廊、围院、街墙、尺度外大里小、骑楼），作为项目对于城市环境的回应。
建筑虽以围合的形式限定出了街道与地块的视觉界面，但利用十字通廊将人与车引入基地内部，在物理连接层面使地块融于城市之中。
The Alibaba Cloud Computing Center occupies a complete block in the city, with its floor area ratio and height well controlled to ensure a relaxing walking experience. Enclosed on three sides, it opens out to the bay while maintaining the orderliness of the street. Instead of following rigid patterns, the construction, through “stacking”, adds some interesting changes to the existing dimensions and skyline of the city. The “stacking” approach divides the mammoth into square boxes that seem to be randomly stacked, thus ingeniously weaving the otherwise clumsy construction into the city. The stacking of smaller buildings echoes with the commitment of Alibaba to serving small- and medium-sized enterprises, and presents playful and diversified forms that appear more approachable than aloof high-rise office buildings.The architects were obviously not only satisfied with the dissolution of the gigantic structure. They also made an innovative effort to integrate the spaces at the site with the rest of the city. Different from the traditional approach of enclosure to “autonomy”, the architects wanted to introduce the landscape of the city into the plot. To that end, the design highlights five elements, including cross-shaped corridors, yards, street walls, a combination of internal small spaces and an external enormous structure, and arcades, as its response to the urban environment. While the construction features enclosure to define the divide between the street and the plot, the cross-shaped corridor invites flows of people and vehicles into the inside and physically establishes an organic integration with the city. Both inside and outside the plot,Client: Alibaba Group Location: North Keyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China Site Area: 16,292 m 2Floor Area: 110,435 m 2Height: 69 m Structural Form: Reinforced Concrete Frame - Core Tube Structure Architectural Design: CCDI Structural Design/M&E Design: CCDI Design/Completion: 2011/2015业主：阿里巴巴集团地点：深圳市南山区科苑北路用地面积：16 292平方米建筑面积: 110 435平方米建筑高度：69米结构形式：钢筋混凝土框架-核心筒结构建筑设计: CCDI 悉地国际结构设计/机电设计: CCDI 悉地国际设计/竣工： 2011/2015年Alibaba Cloud Computing Center 阿里云中心地块内外，行人在公共空间里的活动是连续的。
