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Shanghai construction and development thread

Shanghai is China's leading city in development projects and thousands of buildings is been built. This thread contains a number of them, starting with the most attractive one, Shanghai World Financial Center.

Shanghai World Financial Center
Shanghai - China

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Developer: Mori Building Corporation
Construction company: China State Construction and Engineering Corporation
Structural engineering: Leslie E. Robertson Associates
+ Several more construction firms and architect firms and companies is involved.

Shanghai World Financial Center ( 上海環球金融中心 ) is a 95-story, 495m tall project and contains two distinctly formal elements: a sculpted tower and a podium. Corresponding to the Chinese conception of the earth as a square and the sky as a circle, the interaction between these two geometric forms gives shape to the tower. The project relates to its context through an abstract language that attempts to symbolically incorporate characteristics meaningful to the traditions of Chinese architecture, but is not limited to pictorial or image-based historical precedents.

The primary form of the tower is devised as a square prism intersected by two sweeping arcs, tapering into a single line at the apex. The gradual progression of floor plans generates configurations which are ideal for offices on the lower floors and hotel suites above. At the same time, the transformation of the plan rotates the orientation of the upper portion of the tower toward the Oriental Pearl TV tower, the area's dominant landmark, a fifth of a mile away.

To relieve wind pressure, a 164-foot (50 meter) cylinder is carved out of the top of the building. Equal in diameter to the sphere of the television tower, this void connects the two structures across the urban landscape. Wall, wing and conical forms penetrate through the massive stone base of the tower. The varied geometries of these smaller elements lend human scale, and organize the complexities of pedestrian movement at the point of entry, complimenting the elemental form of the tower.

Th tower started construction in 1997, but had a delay from 1998 and 2001. The tower is now under construction and is expected to be completed in 2007.

Please view this thread to see the latest construction updates from this project.

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Hongyi Building
Shanghai - China

Located above one of Shanghai's busiest subway stations, and serving as a gateway to the famous Nanjing Road shopping district, this project is a retail and entertainment destination that also offers prime office space in one of the city's most predominant commercial locations.

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Changfeng Commercial City
Shanghai - China

This 238m, 58 story tower started construction in 2001 and is expected to be completed in 2005. The 300 000m² mixed used tower contains a hotel, offices, restaurants, retail and a parking garage. The building is situated in Changning Road & Kaixuan Road Intersection.

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Lujiazui Financial Centre
Lui Jia Zui - Shanghai

In a sea of skyscrapers, Lui Jia Zui distinguishes itself as a sustainable "cube" with expansive views of the Huangpo River and Shanghai. Two glass-enclosed buildings are paired to form a larger, perfectly cube-shaped second "skin," increasing energy efficiency throughout the structure. The office wings create ridge walls around a cascading forest of trees: an urban oasis in busy Pudong.

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Jian Guo Xi Lu
Shanghai - China

A new large project from Shanghai, with several residential and commercial towers up to 40 stores. This project which is under development as far as i know will content several residential towers from 18 to 40 floors. The total residential size is to become 124,084sqm, with 771 apartmants. This project also includes some retail and commercial area. The project is plann to be completed in 2008.

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Shanghai Cultural Park
Shanghai - China

The Shanghai Cultural Park is designed to be formal and majestic, a “Royal Park” befitting 21st century Shanghai. With its water features, trees, plaza, pathways, Music Theater, Cultural Bureau office, amphitheater, museum, retail space, restaurants, outdoor cafés, and seating areas, it is a public park that is certain to distinguish Shanghai as a truly great international city.

The park is representative of the unbelievable development and modernization of the city in the past decade. Framing the heart of the park are four vertical elements that are equipped to perform laser-light shows, function as light shafts to the above grade plaza, and house elevators to the below grade retail and parking. Circular stairways wrap around these poles and provide additional access from grade to the retail and parking below. The placement of trees and landscape at the four corner edges of the site beckon the public to enter the park and invite them to experience its grandeur once inside. And enhancing the experience is an 800-seat Music Theater designed to harmoniously fit into the park and at the same time stand proudly on its own as an icon.

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TG Harbour View
Yin Cheng Road/Dong Chang Road  - Lu Jia Ju District

Client : Top Glory International Holdings Ltd.
Project : TG Harbour View Apartment
Location : Shanghai, PRC
GFA : 97,000m2
Site Area : 24,315m2
Completion Year : 2005

TG Harbour View Apartment is located between Yin Cheng Road and Dong Chang Road in the heart of Lu Jia Ju District in Shanghai, with spectacular views towards the Huang Pu River. The site area for the apartment is 24,315 m2. The development includes top-end high-rise apartment buildings, residents’ clubhouse and basement car parking.

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Shanghai Zhangjiang IT Park

The Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park was established in July of 1992 as a national-level park designated for the development of new and high technology.In August of 1999 the Shanghai Municipal Government issues the “Focus on Zhangjiang” strategic policy to accelerate the Park’s rate of development. The “Focus” program also increased the Park’s area from 17 to 25 km2.

The Park’s two leading industries are information technology and modern biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and its principal focus is to develop innovation and entrepreneurship. The park’s main industries are supported by the Park’s national level bases: the National Shanghai Biotech & Pharmaceutical Industry Base, the National IT Industry Base, the National 863 Information Security Industry Base, and the National Technology Innovation Base.

By 2005 Zhangjiang will be one of the nation’s top hi-tech parks, with an innovative and educational atmosphere and state-of-the-art technology. The Park is also striving to become a world-renowned center for hi-tech industries and scholars.

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Shanghai Shidong Power Headquarters

This is the proposed Shanghai Shidong Power Headquarters. The American architect firm MulvannyG2 Architects is behind this 19 story headquarter which contrasts a circular courtyard base with an angular structure covered in a multi-faceted facade. A spire-shaped communications tower atop the building is illuminated at night.

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Zhongrong Jasper Tower
Yincheng Road East - Shanghai

Status: Under Construction
Architect: Gresham, Smith and Partners

Located in the Lu Jia Zui Financial District of Shanghai, this 48-story, 800,000 square foot/ 100 000sqm, office building includes a four-story retail podium at the base of the tower. The top four levels have meeting rooms, restaurants and private clubs which include a sky garden atrium with a spectacular view of the river below.

The 200m tall tower started construction in 2003 and is expected to be completed in 2006.

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North Bund International Cruice Terminal
North Bund - Shanghai

Status: Proposal
Architect: John Portman & Associates

This approximately 5,112,857 square foot (475,000 square meter) development is designed to fit into the overall urban fabric and, at the same time, be distinct. The Center Tower is the dominant structure on the site and, as such, sets the tone for the rest of the development. Reaching 1053 feet (321 meters) into the sky, the tower gracefully twists to create a form that is evocative in profile of the fortuitous number 8.

Its confident presence on the Shanghai skyline will be attractive to tourists and inspiring to residents. The twist is also indicative of a change of function within the building. The upper portion holds a hotel, while the lower part contains offices. Two smaller towers, both rectilinear in form, complement each other and harmonize with the center tower. One features prime office space, while the other offers serviced apartments.

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