Columbia Club Renovation Competition
The Memory of Columbia Club and Biotechnology Park
LOCATION
Shanghai China
DATE COMPLETED
2017
The site corresponds to the previous location of the Columbia Country Club, important testimony of the colonial Shanghai, built in 1930. Both the club building and the annex gymnasium and outdoor swimming pool exist today, all in discreet conditions. The site also includes the former residence of Sun Ke, designed by the Hungarian architect Lazlo Hudec, together with its adjacent historical garden. After 1949, the land has been used as biological park till recent. An extremely diverse built repertoire characterizes the site today, testimony of the different periods, functions and stories that happened here throughout nearly one century. Such diversity of spaces, typologies and languages represents the site’s most valuable asset and attraction.
The site corresponds to the previous location of the Columbia Country Club, important testimony of the colonial Shanghai, built in 1930. Both the club building and the annex gymnasium and outdoor swimming pool exist today, all in discreet conditions. The site also includes the former residence of Sun Ke, designed by the Hungarian architect Lazlo Hudec, together with its adjacent historical garden. After 1949, the land has been used as biological park till recent. An extremely diverse built repertoire characterizes the site today, testimony of the different periods, functions and stories that happened here throughout nearly one century. Such diversity of spaces, typologies and languages represents the site’s most valuable asset and attraction.
The design scheme is aimed at creating a new destination in the heart of Shanghai’s historical city center. A vibrant network of public spaces is offered to the city, with its permanent interaction between heritage preservation and new architecture, between work and leisure.
The design scheme is aimed at creating a new destination in the heart of Shanghai’s historical city center. A vibrant network of public spaces is offered to the city, with its permanent interaction between heritage preservation and new architecture, between work and leisure.
The site corresponds to the previous location of the Columbia Country Club, important testimony of the colonial Shanghai, built in 1930. Both the club building and the annex gymnasium and outdoor swimming pool exist today, all in discreet conditions. The site also includes the former residence of Sun Ke, designed by the Hungarian architect Lazlo Hudec, together with its adjacent historical garden. After 1949, the land has been used as biological park till recent. An extremely diverse built repertoire characterizes the site today, testimony of the different periods, functions and stories that happened here throughout nearly one century. Such diversity of spaces, typologies and languages represents the site’s most valuable asset and attraction.
The design scheme is aimed at creating a new destination in the heart of Shanghai’s historical city center. A vibrant network of public spaces is offered to the city, with its permanent interaction between heritage preservation and new architecture, between work and leisure.
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