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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080623/article_364209.htm
It's bloom time in architecture
By Li Xinran | 2008-6-23 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

JUST when you thought that Shanghai could not possibly become more architecturally state of the art, a company comes up with a trump card.

Picture a 68-story building in the shape of the bud of the city's floral emblem, the magnolia. Add to that a Broadway-style theater, an international hospital, an exhibition center and the only international school in the downtown area.

But wait, there's more.

The new will meet the old at ground level where shikumen, or stone-gate houses, will line traditional alleyways that will also incorporate fashion stores, museums and cafes.

Shui On Land Ltd developed the city's Xintiandi with the same old-meets-new theme. The 68-story project will be Xintiandi's sister ... Xintiandi's very big sister.

The Hong Kong-listed Shui On plans to complete Xintiandi II in the Taiping Lake area in the next seven to 10 years, directly opposite its smaller namesake.

The new skyscraper will stand near the business area of Xizang Road M. and construction is expected to begin before the end of the year, Shui On says.

The stone-gate alleys along Dongtai Road will be restored to their original splendor and incorporate antique stores and small museums, according to Shui On officials.

The 52-hectare project to rebuild the Taiping Lake area is expected to become part of a secondary central business district. Two six-star hotels - the Jumeirah and the Conrad - are already earmarked to be opened in the area in November.

Shui On also unveiled a new wishing fountain in the northern part of Xintiandi over the weekend.

The fountain, designed by Chinese-Dutch sculptress Wu Jingru, features images of three traditional Chinese gods "Fu," "Lu" and "Shou" - signifying luck, fortune and health.

Wu said the three bronze sculptures, each more than two meters tall, are a fusion of traditional Chinese beliefs and a Western fountain.
 
#451 ·
If there was any doubt whatsoever, Gensler is indeed the winner.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080624/article_364364.htm
City skyscraper to look like coiled dragon

By Chen Qian | 2008-6-24 | ONLINE EDITION

THE planned 580-meter-tall Shanghai Center will look like a coiled dragon according to its architects, the Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tongji University and United States-based Gensler Firm, Oriental Morning Post reported today.

The top of the skyscraper will look like either a turned up dragon tail or an inverted Olympic torch.

Construction of the building will start this year in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, under the approval of the Shanghai Development & Reform Commission, the report said.

Once it is finished, it will be the tallest building in China, exceeding the 492 meters of the under-construction Shanghai World Financial Center, the 420.5-meter Jin Mao Tower and Taipei 101, which is the country's present tallest building at 501 meters.

The bid for Shanghai Center started in April 2005. More than 10 domestic and overseas design firms took part.

Gensler and Tongji University will soon begin more detailed designs for the building, the report said. 

Shanghai Center will greatly relieve the shortage of office space in Lujiazui, according to a previous report from Xinhuanet.com.

By the end of 2006, there were 112 office buildings with 7.89 million square meters of space in Lujiazui. Ninety percent of the offices are fully occupied.
Pudong plans to add 3 million square meters of office buildings within five years.
 
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200806/20080626/article_364643.htm
Walkway to ease traffic woes in Lujiazui

By Yang Lifei | 2008-6-26 | ONLINE EDITION

A C-SHAPED walkway will be built in Shanghai's financial heart of Lujiazui in Pudong New Area by the end of this year, the Shanghai Morning Post reported today.

Following serveral alterations, the final design was approved and construction has started, the report said.

The walkway will link Lujiazui Station on Line 2, Super Brand Mall and a project by Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. The area is expected to have large crowds of pedestrians. It is also expected to improve vehicle flow and be safer for pedestrians.

People have complained that the area was restricted to vehicles and was difficult to get around, the report said.

The government has long considered an elevated walkway to make up for poor traffic planning. The footbridge will connect to Jin Mao Tower and the Lujiazui Metro Station on Line 14, the report said, citing blueprints.

The ongoing underground construction involves various pipelines. It also affects traffic. Coordination is being carried out to ensure the smooth progress of the project and normal traffic flows.

During an urban planning exhibit on June 12, a project official told Shanghai Daily that construction of the walkway would be completed before 2010.
``The walkways will be 7 meters high and escalators will be installed at the major entrances,'' said Li Junhao, chief engineer of the Shanghai Urban Planning Administrative Bureau.
 
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=364980&type=Metro
Disneyland in Pudong a 'done deal'

Source: Shanghai Daily | 2008-6-29 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

YEARS of negotiations between the Shanghai government and Walt Disney Co appear to have clinched a deal for a huge Disneyland to be built in Pudong.

The official announcement is expected to be made after the Beijing Olympics in August.

An exclusive report published by the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po newspaper yesterday said the park will cover about 10 square kilometers of land - about eight times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland.

It will be near Pudong's Chuansha Town, about 20 minutes' drive from Pudong International Airport.

Earlier media reports had said the Shanghai government preferred it to be built on the city's island county Chongming.

Yesterday's report quoted unnamed people involved in the discussion, saying Shanghai Disneyland won't follow the Hong Kong model, in which the Hong Kong government leased the land to Disney.

The Shanghai government will provide the land, finance construction, and own the majority stake in the park, the report said.

Management rights will be given to Disney, which will also get royalties and a percentage of operational income.

The report said the park will open "at the earliest possible time" in 2012, when about one-third of the park will be completed.

"Considering inflation, the budget to build the park, excluding the land cost, should rise to about 40 billion yuan (US$5.7 billion), from the earlier estimate of 30 billion yuan," an unnamed "expert involved in the appraisal of the project" was quoted as saying.

In March, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said the local government had applied to the central government to build a Disneyland.

It would be the third Disneyland in Asia after Japan and Hong Kong.

Walt Disney Co signed a statement of intent to build a Disneyland on the Chinese mainland in 2002, and then set up a venture to develop it.

The plan was put on hold because of concerns that the Hong Kong park, opened in 2005, would suffer.
 
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http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200807/20080707/article_365901.htm
New hotel rises from historic lane homes

By Dong Hui | 2008-7-7 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

THE city's first hotel inside a 70-year-old area of shikumen-style homes is about to start construction, according to Xuhui District government.

The project, called Jianyeli, will reuse bricks and original materials in its reconstruction. The buildings, which were built during 1931 to 1938 on Jianguo Road W., form the biggest area of traditional houses remaining in Shanghai.

The 260 suites, measuring around 25,000 square meters in total, are all stone-gated houses built closely together.

Scheduled to open later this year, Jianyeli will be renovated in two parts - modern shikumen-style apartments in the east lane, with hotel rooms in the west lane.

The east lane, with 40 percent of total buildings, is expected to regain the original shikumen look of the 1930s.

The hotel in the west lane will have 80 to 100 suites. An international hotel-management company will be invited to run it.

During Jianyeli's reconstruction, about 40,000 bricks will be preserved and reused, said Shanghai Hengfu Property Co Ltd, which is in charge of the project. An old 8-story water tower will also be reconstructed. Original materials will be used in the lanes, gates, terraces and arches.

Jianyeli was home to about 1,100 families in 2003, when residents were relocated to more spacious apartments.
 
#467 ·
Shanghai Poly Plaza



^^ Poly Group is China Mainland second largest developer. These guys are building some huge stuff in Shenyang and Chongqing, then they come with this tiny one for Shanghai. I wonder why is Shanghai getting so few big ones in the last years despite of its very low vacancy rates. No wonder how many cities are catching up with her about 200m+ skyscrapers.
 
#469 ·
Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center







Shanghai Qizhong Forest Sports City Tennis Center is planned as an international sports event center to symbolize development of the outskirts of Shanghai City, in Min-hang District. It is expected to create a world-class tennis center compared with the Wimbledon in London and the Roland Garros in Paris on a 15ha site. We aimed to realize the city's development into movable roof system for the main stadium in this sports center, which is introduced for sports stadiums for the first time in China. The national flower of China is Paeonia suffruticosa, therefore, we designed and proposed a beautiful international tennis sports center as the main stadium is like the flower.

Since the city has much rain and strong sunshine, the roof system is considered to be necessary. The movable roof system is extremely simple but the movement system is taken for the first time in the world. The roof opens like flowering. When the roof opens, many sunshades are given around the stadium. It will offer comfortable environments like shades given by trees for people gathering inside and outside of the stadium.

When spectators walk over the gate, they look up the upside down conic-shaped main stadium with much excitement. They climb up a gentle slope and approach to the stadium. From the top of the slope, a deck spreads out and they can see many courts for qualifying events. While a plaza is set up around the main stadium, many shops and cafe are provided so that people can enjoy shopping and eating. Gentle steps are provided between the deck and courts for qualifying events and the place will be used for resting. Under the consideration to the surrounding environment, rich green belt is provided in the site so that visitors can enjoy seasonal flowers.

The movement line of visitors is considered a circulation in the whole site and is planned not only for enjoying the games but also enjoying eating, shopping and taking photos to make lots of memories.

The stadium with capacity for 15,000 spectators is Colosseum-shaped. The design was determined for producing players' sense of unity with spectators. As section shows, rooms for players and administrators are on the first floor. Confluence of spectators is separated from their areas. In the summer, cold air comes down from the top of the building to the floor of the round stadium. In the winter, warmed air by ducting system under spectators' seats is sent directly to spectators. It aims to offer comfortable environments with minimum maintenance cost. The structure of the stadium, called 'tension ring structure' creates strong and reliable Colosseum-shape.

The movable roof of the main stadium consists of eight petals and each petal turns around on one fulcrum at the same time. Under the petals, there is a round truss, which has an inverted triangle section, and it supports petals. Each petal can move by one fulcrum and three rails, and the total consists of cantilever beam. It brings ability of enough strength into full play even wind blowing during Typhoon.

Night is also the time when the tennis center is brightened up. The external form of the stadium is lighted up and a disk with lights comes out. For players and visitors, the flower stadium will remain as a worldwide tennis center in their good memories.

http://www.mdolla.com/2008/01/mitsuru-senda-shanghai-qizhong-forest.html
 
#470 ·
Shanghai Ren(People) Hotel





The Ren(People) Building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference center for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The building is conceived as two buildings merging into one.

The first building, emerging from the water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports and water culture center. The second building emerging from land, is devoted to the spirit and enlightment, and houses the conference center and meeting facilities. The two buildings meet in a 1000 room hotel, a building for living.

The building becomes the Chinese sign for ‘The People’, and a recognizable landmark for the World Expo in China















http://www.pjlighthouse.com/2008/05/14/cool-stuff-shanghai-ren-human-iconic-building/#more-3517
 
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