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This zero-energy greenhouse offers a model for reclaiming nature in industrial areas

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Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (DMAA) won a competition to turn the old Shanggang Third Steel Factory into a lush experiential greenhouse. - CreateAR
‘We needed to use part of the existing steel structure,’ says project lead Diogo Teixeira. ‘But we said, let’s use it all.’ - CreateAR
The Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse Garden sustains diverse plant habitats while symbolizing a vision for breeding biodiversity and human-nature interaction in urban environments. - CreateAR

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Coordination and Landscape Design
Yiju Ding
Executive Planning
SIADR Co.Ltd
Structural Engineering
Bollinger + Grohmann ZT GmbH
Energy Design
Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH
Floor Area
41,000 sq-m

Part of Shanghai’s efforts to integrate a new green lung, the Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse Garden sustains diverse plant habitats while symbolizing a vision for breeding biodiversity and human-nature interaction in urban environment

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