The overall design of the Wuxi Transportation Center creates a cohesive and clearly defined urban setting that enhances its position in the surrounding urban fabric, addressing the region as a whole. From the moment a person enters the transportation plaza, whether resident or tourist, he feels he is in a special place. Wuxi Transportation Center is at once a memorable urban gateway and a practical urban design solution. It combines efficient and operational design with an aesthetic vision and innovative building technologies. The new design celebrates progress and achievement as it gives the Transportation Center a timeless, enduring quality.

Passengers, visitors, employees, and residents who pass through the Transportation Center easily find their directions; intermodal transportation decisions and connections are clear and easy to make; and the architectural design is appropriate, distinctive, memorable, and beautiful.

The new Wuxi Transportation Center is modern and functional. The architectural aesthetic features distinctive modern elements such as diamond-shaped grids, and creates a coherent backdrop for today’s urban experience. The landmark architecture of Transportation Plaza demarcates the buildings and allows people to locate the Center from a distance. Landmark towers at the east and west ends of the site create gateways that highlight the special nature of the development. The signature Wuxi Transportation Center Commercial and Hotel towers crown the development at its midpoint.

The architecture is also sensible and energy efficient. It incorporates sustainable architecture, or "green" energy design features, such as solar energy design, geothermal design, and wind-power electrical generation as distinctive, meaningful design features. It is infused with a spirit that is generated by architectural forms. Richness and variety is established and a sense of "place" is created.

Buildings are joined together to form streets and squares. By varying the heights of the buildings, sunlight and daylight is focused on enlivening the streets, squares, and avenues. The variety of rooflines optimizes views and allows daylight into the buildings, reducing the need for artificial energy and lighting. It better allows prevailing winds to cool and freshen air. The overall composition produces the profile of a "city in a park," crowned at midpoint by signature commercial towers--a striking skyline to greet arriving visitors or residents.