Urban Architecture (UA Studio 7) and Aedas' winning proposal for the Hongqiao Central Business District has broke ground at Shanghai’s domestic Hongqiao Airport, mainland China's fourth busiest airport. The 18.4 hectare office and retail center, masterplanned by UA, has been divided into two parts: UA Studio 7 will design the office district, “a flower with eight leaves,” while Aedas designs the shopping, hotel, and conference center along a "bow curve" of pedestrian flow.
According to UA, the winning scheme's success was "due to a highly energy-efficient architecture proposal combined with an urban plan that allows for pedestrian-friendly spaces."
“The center office-area can be divided into ‘a flower with eight leaves,’ thus facilitating their rental units into different sized companies,” UA described. “The flower shape intersects with 4 of the 'petals,' the bottom of four towers will merge into one building to share the public lobby of the second floor, facilitating the busy pedestrian flow at the first level. The ‘petals’ and ‘leaves’ are flexibly designed to contain one or more tenants."
"On the western plot, the commercial pedestrian flow is guided along a bow curve which connects the shopping center to the hotel and conference center, this way the path can connect to the two main road crossings. The shopping center, hotel and conference center in the eastern plot will be designed and detailed by Aedas.”
The plan's energy-efficient and sustainable features range from green roofs and optimized building forms, to permeable surfaces and rainwater collection.
The winning proposal, which bested seven competing designs, began construction just a few weeks after its selection by competition sponsor and developer Greenland Group. It is slated for completion in 2016.
Competition
Hongqiao CBD CompetitionAward
First PlaceProject Name
Hongqiao CBDArchitects
Location
2号-78 Yinggang East Road, Qingpu, Shanghai, China, 201106Project Director
Yu ZhifengProject Leader
Yao YuanTeam Members
Cai Yanhong, Li Yao Jing, Indian Hill Hung, Yin Shun, Mazhen Long, Yu Cheng, Lin Lin, Wu Yi CanArchitecture Collaborators
AedasClient
Greenland GroupArea
552900.0 sqmProject Year
2016Photographs
Courtesy of UA Studio 7Competition
Hongqiao CBD CompetitionAward
First PlaceProject Name
Hongqiao CBDLocation
2号-78 Yinggang East Road, Qingpu, Shanghai, China, 201106Project Year
2016Photographs
Courtesy of UA Studio 7Area
552900.0 m2
