XUJIAHUI CITY MASTER PLAN AND INTERNATIONAL FILM CENTER

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Xujiahui City Center and Surrounding Areas

Shanghai, PRC, 2004-05

Xujiahu, in the inner ring of Shanghai is made up of a patchwork of separate areas: the Sports City, the Decoration Center, Universities, Medical Centers, and Shopping further characterized by the lack of quality of urban spaces..

With the rapid development of the district in the last 10 years traffic has become a serious problem; congestion and overlap of conflicting traffic functions, are symptomatic.  However, we consider that one of the major problems in Xujiahui is not traffic but the general lack in both the quantity and quality of pedestrian and public spaces.

Our project envisions Xujiahui as a green cultural district where museums, new public spaces, entertainment centers, cultural institutions, and hotels are organized as a network.  Our Vision is based on the city’s tradition and past to guide the future.  The various types of green will not only beautify the city and create pedestrian friendly spaces, but will also serve to bring sustainability to the city.  Our project transforms the district into an International Urban Center, where the present centralized retail activities will be balanced and enriched by a cultural network of institutions and places

International Film Center

2005-06

IFC  located on the site of the historic Shanghai film studios will be one of the most important cultural centers in Shanghai. For many years Shanghai has been a major film center in China. International Film Center, will host major national and international events such as, film festivals In synthesis it will create a Forum for the development and exchange of work and ideas on Film. The concept for this project is to create a recognizable structure to be identified with International Film but also integrates with the rest of the area and creates a Civic Space, The formal concept is that like film, it is a continuous strip, that creates similarly to montage, different possible sequences of content

The Site for the project presents two Constraints: first, the zoning regulations require a 0.75 hectares green space on the site and the future construction of the R3 subway will run diagionally under the site.

The International Film Center complex includes :
OFFICES
THEATERS-
FILM MUSEUM
HOTEL
PLAZA
FILM STREET
PARKING
GREEN SPACE

 

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