Baoshan U World Mixed Use

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Unique Properties

The team adopt a penetrable perimeter block for the site. Continuous building facades along city roads defines an active public sidewalk, while multiple paths and small plazas invite people to the site’s heart, an energetic courtyard. This porous layout enhances visual linkage and optimize surrounding riverfront greens. The main functions of the ground floor are community facilities and entertainments to maintain streets alive. Creative office and apartments are located along the side, embracing a community service building at the center of the courtyard, as the social and fitness hub.

Dimensions & Packaging

Total Construction Area: 30511 sqm
Land Area: 14555 sqm
Retail Area: 7060 sqm
Office Area: 8400 sqm
Apartment Area: 5590 sqm
Office Building Height: 24m

Tags

Architecture, Office, Facade, Vibrant Community Center, Construction Techniques, Suburb, Shanghai

Production Technology

Structurally speaking, this project selects steel to apply to the whole construction in order to satisfy the proposing purpose. However, the main designing difficulty and innovation point is the combination of steel and window-wall system, especially the protruding window. Another feature of this project is the speeding process, it only takes 4 months to start from planning idea to out-facade material selection, which can be regarded as a more challenging requirement for design and all the specialized teams.
The design team chose red brick tile with gray aluminum panel as the major material palette, together with carefully crafted details, to bring a warm and sophisticated urban campus feel to the project.

Design Challenge

The Baoshan U-World project is located in Luodian, Baoshan – a sprawling outer suburb of Shanghai. Although there are many residential neighborhoods nearby, the overall urban planning is the typical suburban model which emphasis automobile efficiency rather than pedestrian convenience. Very wide road red lines and large building setbacks overpower human scale and discourage pedestrian activities. How can a new development generate positive impact to change the status quo from the urban scale? How can the design team give the local community their much needed vibrant public space in this suburban context?

Project Duration

Completion: 2017
Location: Luodian, Baoshan, Shanghai

Operation Flow

The Baoshan U-World has become a successful experiment on infilling mixed-use development in suburban location. With urbanism design approach, the design team have brought more dense, dynamic and quality experiences and helped to reshape the identity of the community.

Inspiration

This project has been developed from the design team critical thinking about the relations among traditional communities, commercial buildings, its users and the nature. It has become a successful experiment on infilling mixed-use development in suburban location. With urbanism design approach, it have brought more dense, dynamic and quality experiences and helped to reshape the identity of the community.

Image Credits

Image #1: Xiu Huo
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Image #3: Xiu Huo
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