Colombia Circle Shanghai Refurbishment, Chinese Public Realm, Architecture Images
Colombia Circle Shanghai Renewal by West 8
Urban Realm Development in China ? design by West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
17 Jun 2018
Colombia Circle Shanghai Renewal
Design: West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture
Location: Yan’an West Road, Shanghai, China
Historic Colombia Circle Shanghai Revitalization Opening
On May 25th, the first phase of the Colombia Circle project in Shanghai was festively opened. West 8 was responsible for the landscape architecture and public space scope of the 4.7 ha site which has a strong architectural legacy and is poised to again become one of Shanghai’s most prominent public spaces.
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The architectural scope was awarded to OMA in 2016 who worked together with West 8, local East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. and local landscape architects LANDAU ever since.
The client is Shanghai Vanke Co. Ltd., a leading Chinese real estate company. Vanke and West 8 actively cooperated with Changning District Urban Planning Bureau of Shanghai to transform the historically significant location into a cultural hub with a vibrant mix of 24/7 entrepreneurial spaces, educational facilities and research laboratories, corporate offices, residential and retail spaces, as well as hospitality and cultural venues.
Columbia Circle was approached neither in the traditional Chinese ways of de...