Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti by Aico

Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti by Aico is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Res Immobiles Competition Category.

ArgentumRes Immobiles· 2021

Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti

by Aico

Client: CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Res Immobiles Category

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The Design

About Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti

Baoshan U World est progressio usus mixti in regione suburbana Shanghaiensi. Dispositio insula perimetro permeabili utitur. Facies continuae secundum vias urbis semitam publicam activam definiunt, dum plures viae parvaeque areae in aream mediam ducunt. Consilium porosum nexus visuales ad virorem ripae fluminis proximum meliorat. Instrumenta communitatis locaque oblectationis solum tabulatum occupant ut viae vividae maneant. Officia creativa et habitacula secundum latera sedent aedificiumque servitii communitatis circumdant, quod pro nodo sociali et corporis exercitationis servit.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Baoshan U World Progressio Usus Mixti creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The team adopt a penetrable perimeter block for the site. Continuous building facades along city roads defines an active public sidewalk, while multiple paths and small plazas invite people to the site’s heart, an energetic courtyard. This porous layout enhances visual linkage and optimize surrounding riverfront greens. The main functions of the ground floor are community facilities and entertainments to maintain streets alive. Creative office and apartments are located along the side, embracing a community service building at the center of the courtyard, as the social and fitness hub.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total Construction Area: 30511 sqm
Land Area: 14555 sqm
Retail Area: 7060 sqm
Office Area: 8400 sqm
Apartment Area: 5590 sqm
Office Building Height: 24m
Tags: Architecture, Office, Facade, Vibrant Community Center, Construction Techniques, Suburb, Shanghai
Production Technology: Structurally speaking, this project selects steel to apply to the whole construction in order to satisfy the proposing purpose. However, the main designing difficulty and innovation point is the combination of steel and window-wall system, especially the protruding window. Another feature of this project is the speeding process, it only takes 4 months to start from planning idea to out-facade material selection, which can be regarded as a more challenging requirement for design and all the specialized teams.
The design team chose red brick tile with gray aluminum panel as the major material palette, together with carefully crafted details, to bring a warm and sophisticated urban campus feel to the project.
Design Challenge: The Baoshan U-World project is located in Luodian, Baoshan – a sprawling outer suburb of Shanghai. Although there are many residential neighborhoods nearby, the overall urban planning is the typical suburban model which emphasis automobile efficiency rather than pedestrian convenience. Very wide road red lines and large building setbacks overpower human scale and discourage pedestrian activities. How can a new development generate positive impact to change the status quo from the urban scale? How can the design team give the local community their much needed vibrant public space in this suburban context?
Inspiration: This project has been developed from the design team critical thinking about the relations among traditional communities, commercial buildings, its users and the nature. It has become a successful experiment on infilling mixed-use development in suburban location. With urbanism design approach, it have brought more dense, dynamic and quality experiences and helped to reshape the identity of the community.
Project Duration: Completion: 2017
Location: Luodian, Baoshan, Shanghai
Operation Flow: The Baoshan U-World has become a successful experiment on infilling mixed-use development in suburban location. With urbanism design approach, the design team have brought more dense, dynamic and quality experiences and helped to reshape the identity of the community.
Team Members: Rudan Ye
Jing Zhang
Hucheng Yuan
Yue Huang
Image Credits: Image #1: Xiu Huo
Image #2: Xiu Huo
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Image #5: Xiu Huo