PLANTATION OF RISE AND THE BEND OF THE RIVER

Location: Shanghai, China
Architect: Pavlo Peker
Competition project 2012

Function, Cultural, Aesthetic and Social.
The ideology we present is generation of a new type of urban environment: we create topography by means of architecture. Every single point from where the new landmark can be seen will gain new significance becoming the place to observe something new, magnificent and tempting.

Landed within urban landscape, plantation of rice, the most recognizable part of Chinese rural scenery, will create effect of almost shocking suddenness and at the same time will unmistakably identify “nationality” of the project.

The new landmark will serve local communities as a new place where it is pleasure to live, to work, to socialize, to go to school, to spend time.

It is vitally important to anchor there educational and cultural institutions (art school, conservatory, concert hall, ballet school) where children can get artistic or other humanitarian education. Growing up within such environment, children will get used to new quality of lifestyle and social behavior.

The new place will also positively change transportation network of this area of Shanghai. New algorithm of people moving is use of cable car as relatively inexpensive to build, off street, environmentally friendly and silent technology. Cable car network is flexible, easily upgraded, and in terms of cost of build and cost of use cannot be compared to underground rail or any other off-street transportation.

Proximity of major railway station creates better condition for commuting as well as business and leisure travel – both long distance and within the city. Automotive traffic will be localised on access roads and exits leading vehicles to be parked at multi-storey facility with easy access to the rest of the place.