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SHANGHAI CONFERENCE JULY 2005

English Translation Shiling Zheng

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 can be traced back more than 5,500 years, to the Fuquanshan Mountain Culture Longhua Pagoda 247 Sutra, 859

Fuquanshan Mountain Culture

Shanghai County Songze Culture 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 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 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 Shanghai 1930s 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 area, the suburban development and the 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 re- urbanization 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 —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.

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The East Bund Project Mario Gandelsonas 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 The Coastal Railway The Yantze Delta Nanjing Nantong Area consists of 16 cities with an area of 100,112 km² Changzhou ( 1% of the whole Wuxi country), 75.34 million population Yixing ( 5.9% ), 19% of Shanghai the country’s GDP, and 22% of the Huzhou country’s income.

Jiaxing

Hangzhou 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 Subway Line 810 km ( In Central City 488 km ) Line 4 Metro Light Railway 5

Existing line 118 km Other lines under 22 km construction

Mass Rapid Transit System 650 km of highway has been planned for construction in Shanghai. Within one hour, any point within the municipality should be reachable

Existing and Planned Highway System Shanghai holds more than 7,600 buildings over 24 m high and 500 over 100 m high. IT Industry Steel Industry Automobile Industry Shipbuilding Industry Jiading Industrial Zone Petroleum and Chemical Industry Qingpu Industrial Zone Steel Industry

Songjiang Industrial Zone Manufacture Industry

Manufacturing Industry

Industries Satellite Cities •Three satellite cities with 500,000 to 1 million population, such as Jiading New City, Songjiang New City and Lingang City

Jiading New City have been planned.

CBD Shanghai •A multi-centric urban structure has been formed EXPO 2010 Site in Shanghai. International Airport Lingang City Songjiang New City •The suburban development has been on the agenda since 2001 to promote urbanization. The suburban Baoshan Jiading development of Shanghai since 2000 has brought a Anting restructuring of the metropolitan area Pudong Xinzhuang Qingpu

Nanhui Songjiang Minhang Lingang City Fengxian

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 AS & P, Anting New Town

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 re- urbanization. The Site for EXPO 2010 5.28 km² The enclosed area is 3.22 km² (Pudong 2.60 km², 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 context. The pedestrian street , 1998～1999 The Bund CBD Project 2002～2003

Old and New 775.4 ha. 128 blocks Hengshan and Fuxing Area, 2004 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 Waterfront Urban Design 2001～2002 7.8 km² An old warehouse area along the Suzhou Creek is under transformation since 2004 Thank You