On the Right Bank of the Huangpu

Shanghai, is the city developed by the Huangpu River since the 10th Century, at the Yagtze River delta, is one among the first five of the World’s metropolis for extension and population. Considered as the financial and commercial capital city of the People’s Republic of China, Shanghai finds its business district in Pudong, an area which is built more or less of skyscrapers, located on the right bank of the Huangpu River. In the last decades, also driven by the realization of Expo 2010, the areas next to this river, all above those located on the right bank, have experienced a general redevelopment aimed to their integration with the existing urban fabric. Right in this context of transformation, Italian architectural firm RRC Studio Architects was commissioned to designed a project of multifunctional complex comprising three mixed use towers.

The Multifunctional Complex located in a prosperous expansion of Shanghai takes form as a new urban core, place for meetings and exchange, activating a vibrant commercial zone, a private residential area and a lively, walkable district for business and entertainment. The project involves the construction of 240,000 square meters of residences, retail and hotel components with a strong focus on leisure activities in the basement, on a parcel area of regular form of 55.000 sqm. The Complex at the same time, a vibrant commercial zone, a private residential area and a lively, walkable district for business and entertainment.

The design concept is based on the composition of simple elements such as the base and the three towers. On an urban level the project is proposed as a wide slab made of two main elements: a thin covering of regular form, in white metal; a continuous skin, irregular and vibrant, in glass. The two elements, in an open interaction with each other in the composition of the base, define the different public areas separating the outdoors from the indoors and directing the user to the different entrances of the complex. Upon the base the three towers stand out, each with different height and functional use, recognizable from the ground floor thanks to their independent entrance to each one of them.

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