OMA win the Shanghai LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre competition
15/12/2014.
[Shanghai] China
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
OMA has won the competition for the new exhibition center of Lujiazui, located north in the latest development of Pudong in Shanghai Pudong.
LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
Axonometric. LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
Elevation. LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
Rendering. LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
Elevation.LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
Overview.LuJiaZui Exhibition Centre by OMA. Image courtesy of OMA.
OMA was appointed by Lujiazui Central Financial District (Phase II) Development Corporation to design and execute the building in November 2014. The Exhibition Centre is expected to be opened to public at the end of 2015.
Description project by OMA
The Lujiazui Exhibiton Centre is located on the northern and most recent development of Shanghai Pudong, along the Huangpu River, one of the most photographed waterfronts in the world. The project site, occupying the former ‘Shanghai Shipyard’, has a long history of marine industry. The new Exhibition Centre is positioned on the ramp of a former ship cradle and provides a concentrated event space within the surrounding financial district.
OMA conceived the Exhibition Centre as a “spatial armature,” suspended above a plaza and connected to another exhibition space beneath the ramp. The building organizes the open space, adding new programmatic opportunities for film screenings, fashion shows, and concerts. The new volume transforms the existing ramp into a large-scale theatrical space for events while the covered plaza under the elevated box can be used for more intimate happenings.
The building’s materiality and architecture establish a dialogue with the site’s industrial past; a mysterious object wrapped in a metallic mesh exposes its steel structure, echoing the unfinished ship hulls which used to populate the site.
CREDITS.-
Competition Team.- OMA. Partners in charge.- David Gianotten, Michael Kokora.
Associate in charge.- Paolo Caracini.
Project Architect.- Ricky Suen
Team.- Paul Feeney, Vincent McIlduff, Yuye Peng, Tony Yang, with con Mafalda Brandao, Thomas Brown, Gemawang Swaribathoro, Stella Tong, Mavis Wong, Shu Yang.
Collaborators.- Structure Consultancy.- Ramboll. Façade Consultancy.- Front.
Status.- Schematic Design.
Client.- LuJiaZui Central Financial District (Phase II) Development Corporation.
Site.- LujiaZui, Pudong
Program.- 1500 m² - Exhibition, Retail.
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OMA. Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is a leading international partnership practicing architecture, urbanism, and cultural analysis. OMA's buildings and masterplans around the world insist on intelligent forms while inventing new possibilities for content and everyday use. OMA is led by ten partners – Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon, Reinier de Graaf, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, David Gianotten, Chris van Duijn, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Jason Long and Michael Kokora – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Beijing, Hong Kong, Doha and Dubai.
OMA-designed buildings currently under construction include Taipei Performing Arts Centre, Qatar National Library, Qatar Foundation Headquarters, Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale in Caen, Fondation d’Entreprise Galeries Lafayette in Paris, Bryghusprojektet in Copenhagen, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, and Faena Arts Center in Miami.
OMA's recently completed projects include Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015); Fondazione Prada in Milan (2015); G-Star Headquarters in Amsterdam (2014); Shenzhen Stock Exchange (2013); De Rotterdam, a large mixed-use tower in the Netherlands (2013); CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012); New Court, the headquarters for Rothschild Bank in London (2011); Milstein Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York (2011); and Maggie's Centre, a cancer care centre in Glasgow (2011). Earlier buildings include Casa da Música in Porto (2005), Seattle Central Library (2004), and Netherlands Embassy in Berlin (2003).
