SHANGHAI CONFERENCE JULY 2005 English Translation Shiling Zheng Tongji University Shanghai All rights are reserved by the presenter. www.urban-age.net
Shanghai s Transformation Prof. Dr. Zheng Shiling Urban Age Conference 8 July 2005
The history of Shanghai can be traced back more than 5,500 years, to the Fuquanshan Mountain Culture Longhua Pagoda 247 Sutra, 859 Fuquanshan Mountain Culture Songze Culture Shanghai County 1291 Huating County 751 Square Pagoda, 1068 ~1093
Since the 1850s, Shanghai gradually became the center of trade, finance and a multi-functional economy. Its peculiar geopolitical situation made it possible for western culture, traditional Chinese culture as well as other regional subcultures to coexist in Shanghai. This combination produced the city s diversified values and architecture.
A Map from 1899 British Settlement founded 1845 American Settlement founded 18 In 1899, the British and America Settlements were combined to for the International Settlement French Concession founded 1849
Shanghai 1901
The Bund in 1855 The earliest map of Shanghai
The 1930s Master Plan of Shanghai is a combination of a modern planning concept with traditional Chinese urban space
Shanghai 1930s The Lilong and terrace house typologies, which cover an area of 23 million square meters, are two of the unique building typologies which came into being in the process of Shanghai s urbanization and commercialization. These resulted from the blending of Chinese and Western architectural forms and lifestyles.
The expansion of the city from 1840 to 1982
The Master Plan Land Use 1999~2020 Land area 6,340 km² Water surface 405 km² Central city 667 km² Population 17 million Floating population 3 million
The Central City Population today 9.5 million 667 km²
The Pudong area, the suburban development and the EXPO 2010 are the three most significant factors to affect Shanghai s urban transformation for the coming decades
The Opening Policy and Development of Pudong in 1990 was a milestone for Shanghai s development: it brought a reurbanization and a restructuring of industry in the city, which has caused a significant transformation of the urban structure Pudong CBD, 1.7 km² 4.5 million m² buildings were planned in 1993
Since 2001, the waterfront of Huangpu River an area of 22.6 km is being transformed into public open space
The North Bund Project 2002 - ongoing The Bund area is being extended to the upper and lower parts of the Huangpu River
Today, many projects have been generated along the Huangpu Riverfront, such as the Bund CBD Program, the North Bund, the East Bund, the Fuxing Island Project and others. W7 E10 The East Bund Project
Mario Gandelsonas Xujiahui Sub- Center 2003 ~2004
Subcentre of Jiangwan and Wujiaochang 2.4 km²
The most change happened around central city Intensity of Urban Land Use C 1987 2002
Nanjing Changzhou Wuxi Yixing Huzhou Suzhou The Coastal Railway Nantong Shanghai The Yantze Delta Area consists of 16 cities with an area of 100,112 km² ( 1% of the whole country), 75.34 million population ( 5.9% ), 19% of the country s GDP, and 22% of the country s income. Jiaxing Hangzhou Ningbo
The expansion would be defined within the outer-ring road area (i.e. the central city) in order to control urban sprawl Suburban corridors and clusters express the future tendency of Shanghai s urbanization
Mass Rapid Transit System Subway Line 810 km ( In Central City 488 km ) Rapid Transit Line 4 Metro Line 8 Light Railway 5 Existing line 118 km Other lines under 22 km construction
Existing and Planned Highway System 650 km of highway has been planned for construction in Shanghai. Within one hour, any point within the municipality should be reachable
Shanghai holds more than 7,600 buildings over 24 m high and 500 over 100 m high.
IT Industry Steel Industry Shipbuilding Industry Jiading Industrial Zone Qingpu Industrial Zone Songjiang Industrial Zone Automobile Industry Petroleum and Chemical Industry Steel Industry Manufacture Industry Manufacturing Industry Industries
Jiading New City Songjiang New City CBD Shanghai EXPO 2010 Site International Airport Lingang City Satellite Cities Three satellite cities with 500,000 to 1 million population, such as Jiading New City, Songjiang New City and Lingang City have been planned. A multi-centric urban structure has been formed in Shanghai. The suburban development has been on the agenda since 2001 to promote urbanization.
Qingpu Anting Jiading Xinzhuang Baoshan Pudong The suburban development of Shanghai since 2000 has brought a restructuring of the metropolitan area Songjiang Minhang Fengxian Nanhui Lingang City Land Use Change: Shanghai Metropolitan Region,since 1993
The island harbor The man-made lake of 5.4 km² Lingang City, a deep water harbor city, 297 km² Manufacturing industry and logistic center
Vittorio Gregotti Residential area planned in 2002 4.2 km² Vittorio Gregotti Pujiang New Town
Anting New Town AS & P, Anting New Town
Greenery 35.2% Green Land 32.1% Forest 15.1% Average Green Area per capita 9.16 m² In 2010 it will be 15 m² per capita, and greenery will be 40% Green System
The EXPO 2010 will bring a transformation of urban life and lifestyle for Shanghai. It will promote Shanghai s reurbanization.
The Site for EXPO 2010 5.28 km² The enclosed area is 3.22 km² (Pudong 2.60 km², Puxi 0.62 km²)
Master Plan of EXPO 2010
Many historical areas and buildings have been put in a preservation program. Identity and culture are important issues for urban development. 398 historical buildings and blocks 234 buildings and blocks are in the process of preservation 12 historical areas 1.2 million m² of historical buildings will be preserved.
Xin Tian Di is a place designed by American architects with the intention to copy the European model in a Shanghainese context.
The pedestrian street Nanjing Road, 1998~1999
The Bund CBD Project 2002~2003 Old and New
775.4 ha. Hengshan and Fuxing Area, 2004 128 blocks
Shanyin Road Area Master Plan for Preservation 2005
Duolun Area with historical buildings and reminiscences of events and figures Under regeneration since 1997
The former Jewish ghetto from the 1930s and 40s is planned to be transformed into a preserved historical area.
A fashion and creative centre is booming in a former industrial area. Taikang Area
Suzhou Creek Waterfront Urban Design 2001~2002 7.8 km²
An old warehouse area along the Suzhou Creek is under transformation since 2004
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