Site Projects

• Better Community, Better Life — Site Project of Pudong Colorful Community

• Xinjing · New Scope — Site Project of Urban Regeneration in Beixinjing, Changning

• Urban Micro Intervention: Musicify the Community — Site Project of Shanghai Music Valley Hongkou

• Dual Radiation — Site Project of Urban Renewal at West Bund, Xuhui

• Linking Zikawei — Site Project of Xuhui

• “Double Exposure·Factory Rebirth” Jing'an Innovation Galaxy Site Project

• Design Approach of Local and Historical Characters — Site Project of Xuhui

• 2017 “Iconic Shanghai” Series Exhibition

Linking Zikawei — Site Project of Xuhui

Project Introduction

Completed in 2015, T20 Building (formerly West Asia Hotel) is located at No. 20 Tianyaoqiao Road, bordering Zhaojiabang Road (North), Tianyaoqiao Road (East), Metro Tower and Huilian Mall, and Metrocity (West). It covers 0.21 hectare, with building area of 2,400 m2 and height of 70m. The building contains a variety of functions. The underground retail space constitutes part of the Metro Station Retail Square. The first and second floors are public open spaces, and the second floor is connected to Second Shanghai Department Store, Huijin Department Store, Metrocity and Pacific Digital Plaza via “covered bridges”, which further form passable “Sky Garden” with green belts and entertainment facilities above ground. The third to fifth floors are for parking and equipment. The sixth and above are 5A office spaces.

Theme Interpretation

Xujiahui is at the intersection of three rivers, and what’s more, of cultures and spaces. It’s where East and West civilizations meet. Starting from the moment Xu Guangqi introduced European sciences and faith into China, it ends up a region of cutting-edge landmarks, like Metrocity, Buynow Plaza and Shanghai Indoor Stadium. Science, locality, fashion all contribute their due parts to what is now known as Xujiahui. If we may say that construction renews the outer appearance of a city, then cultural development is the core of its evolution. Either one is the corroboration and background of the other. As the old and new buildings mingle in the same area, the renewed Xujiahui is expected to offer a myriad of spaces, and a future of variability.

Exhibition

This site project is held on the second floor of T20 Building, a half-open public space that is closely related to citizens’ life. Considering the existing conditions of urban construction and cultural development, this project adopts exhibition and serial events to showcase a number of site cases in Xujiahui urban space, and art works composed by a variety of creators, so as to attract public attention on urban space, art and humanistic development, and make the city a more dynamic and elegant place. The curator team arranges the exhibition space based on the minimalist prototype of “Excircle of square”, creating a harmonious and penetrative layout. The project is engaged in a dialogue with the real site by pictures, documents, models and videos of the site placed around the building and facing the city. On the other hand, as the epitome of transcendental “Culture” and “Civilization”, the works of artists are placed in the inner circle, and the diversified perspectives reflect the irreducible, and yet fundamentally harmonious heterogeneity of cultures. Art enlightens the city, and is accommodated by the city.

Curators