Interior voids give this Shanghai shopping mall a sense of place
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Location
Jing'An, Shanghai, China
Designer
Exterior Designer
Client
Lifestyle China Group Limited
Local Architect
Floor Area Shopping Mall
120,000 Sq-M
Floor Area Retail
50,000 Sq-M
Floor Area Offices
18,290 Sq-M
Façade Consultant
Schmidlin
Lighting Designer
Bartenbach
Nihon Sekkei was asked to develop the outer shell of the Shanghai Jiuguang Centre, while UNStudio was tasked with fleshing out the mall as a placemaking destination.
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