A trip to Shanghai isn’t complete without a stroll through Xintiandi. A crumbling residential district that once embodied Shanghai’s decades of decay under Maoist rule, the area has been turned into an iconic mix of vibrant boutiques and restaurants that today symbolize the city’s rebirth as a global business hub. Instead of sweeping away all of the older neighborhood when starting the project, billionaire Hong Kong developer Vincent Lo and American architect Ben Wood preserved the building materials of demolished homes and door styles, called shikumen. Xintiandi’s success at attracting millions of visitors a year has spawned clones all across China, as well as several follow-on collaborations by Lo and Wood in Hangzhou, Wuhan, Chongqing and most recently, Foshan. Here’s a look at some images of their work. (Photo credits: Studio Shanghai)
A Hong Kong-U.S. Collaboration That Made A Big Difference In China
#China, #ResidentialDistrict, #Shanghai, #VincentLo, #Xintiandi
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento