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    Shanghai Masterplan

    Our scheme offered


    the possibility of a truly
    sustainable, compact,
    24-hour city.

    www.rsh-p.com / 2007

    Place/Date
    Shanghai, China 19921994
    Client
    Shanghai Development Corporation

    Architect
    Richard Rogers Partnership
    Services Engineer
    Ove Arup & Partners/Battle McCarthy
    Research Consultant
    Cambridge Architectural Research

    The Lu Jia Zui sector of Shanghai was an


    isolated area cut off from the city centre by
    the River Yangtze. With plans for tunnels
    and bridges providing necessary links to
    the city centre, the Shanghai Development
    Corporation invited six international teams
    of architects to propose ideas for the
    development of a new business sector
    for the city of Shanghai. RRP responded
    by formulating a strategic framework for
    this new district, exploring and applying
    the principles of a sustainable compact
    city. The environmentally-driven proposals
    were rooted in the belief that the design
    of cities must reflect the growing global
    environmental crisis and that urban
    designers must approach cities as places of
    dynamic change.
    The plan resembles a series of palimpsests
    imposed on one another transport and
    circulation, landscape, built form and
    energy provision creating a new kind
    of city. RRPs masterplan was based on
    an extensive and integrated network of
    public transport, offering a hierarchy of
    transport modes. The practice devised a
    vast wheel with the central park at its hub,
    with landscaped connections to a linear
    riverside park. Avenues radiate outwards,

    crossed by three concentric rings. The


    first carries pedestrians and cyclists, the
    second trams and buses, while the third is
    reserved for main car routes. In this way, the
    needs of commercial and residential areas
    are located within walking distance, away
    from all through-traffic. Major commercial
    developments are concentrated around six
    underground stations, while six residential
    areas, each containing 80,000 people,
    cluster along the river. Hospitals, schools
    and community facilities are also sited near
    the central park and river.
    The urban grid provides a rich grain and
    texture in tune with the dense character of
    Shanghais business district, resulting in
    an organic urban composition. The varied
    building heights create a distinctive urban
    skyline, reinforcing visual and physical
    connections with historic Shanghai.
    By devising a scheme which minimises
    traffic congestion and pollution and
    incorporates low energy, naturally ventilated
    buildings, the practice calculated that the
    new district would reduce overall energy
    consumption by 70 percent compared
    with that of a conventionally-designed
    commercial development of similar scale.

    Shanghai Masterplan

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