T20 Tower in Xujiahui, Shanghai
T20 Tower in Xujiahui, Shanghai, China Office Building Development, Car Park Property, Chinese Architecture Images
T20 Tower in Xujiahui, Shanghai
Commercial Building Development in China ? design by Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio
15 Jun 2019
T20 Tower
Architects: Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio
Location: Shanghai, China
photo © Jonathan Leijonhufvud
Paris, Lisbon and Shanghai-based practices Jacques Ferrier Architecture and Sensual City Studio have turned what could have been an ordinary ?office plus car park? into an opportunity to radically reassess the surrounding urban district of Xujiahui in Shanghai and created JT20 Tower.
photo © Luc Boegly
A radical reimagining of a densely urban site on Shanghai busiest intersection
The project features elevated planted pedestrian walkways above the street
An ?urban oasis? from which to observe the dynamic scene below
The resulting structure, on the site of a former hotel, combines office, civic, commercial and cultural space with green ribbons of public walkways, connecting the streets and buildings of China?s busiest intersection with peaceful arteries from which to escape the tumult.
The design explored ways in which the project could become a generous catalyst for the wider environment, building pedestrian connections, walkways and bridges above the transport interchange as an extension of the building; in doing so, renewing the local infrastructure. Through extensive analysi...
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