Shanghai Bund
Prioritizing cars over communities leads to busy, congested highways and cities that are separated from the very things that make them healthier—access to nature, opportunities for activity and enjoyable experiences. NBBJ’s design for the Shanghai Bund buries six lanes of traffic in an underground tunnel to create a safer and more enjoyable pedestrian environment and widen the existing riverfront walkway.
A 1.8-kilometer-long boulevard along the west bank of the Huangpu River, the Bund doubles as both recreation space and vital infrastructure, replacing a busy, congested highway with landscaping, installations, plazas, grand steps and pavilions and connecting back to the city along side streets to integrate the waterfront with the rest of Shanghai. At all hours of the day, tourists and residents alike relax, picnic, play or simply stroll along bustling, thriving esplanade that serves as the city’s preeminent public space.
Project Details
Size
11 hectares
Program
1.8-kilometer boulevard
Services
Urban planning, landscape design
Phase
Completed
Size
11 hectares
Program
1.8-kilometer boulevard
Services
Urban planning, landscape design
Phase
Completed
Cityscape Awards for Architecture In Emerging Markets, Special Award, Master Planning
MIPIM Asia, Best Urban Regeneration Project, Gold Award
Cityscape Awards for Architecture In Emerging Markets, Special Award, Master Planning
MIPIM Asia, Best Urban Regeneration Project, Gold Award
BBC Travel, "The regeneration of Shanghai’s Bund"
BBC Travel, "The regeneration of Shanghai’s Bund"
The Telegraph, "Shanghai reopens Bund after £280m restoration"
World Architecture News, "Redesign of Shanghai Bund restores grandeur to famous Huangpu District"
The Telegraph, "Shanghai reopens Bund after £280m restoration"
World Architecture News, "Redesign of Shanghai Bund restores grandeur to famous Huangpu District"
BBC Travel, "The regeneration of Shanghai’s Bund"
BBC Travel, "The regeneration of Shanghai’s Bund"
The Telegraph, "Shanghai reopens Bund after £280m restoration"
World Architecture News, "Redesign of Shanghai Bund restores grandeur to famous Huangpu District"
The Telegraph, "Shanghai reopens Bund after £280m restoration"
World Architecture News, "Redesign of Shanghai Bund restores grandeur to famous Huangpu District"
