Today marks the press conference for Aedas-designed IM Shanghai — a cultural complex premised on the grand unveiling of a mountainous cityscape in downtown Shanghai. “Our goal is to shape IM Shanghai into a singular location where social gathering takes place within a natural setting, and to create a new community, a new look, and a unique icon for Changning District,” said Aedas Global Design Principal Christine Lam and David Clayton, Chief Designers of the project.
The development, comprised of a cultural tower, 3 office towers, 2 exhibition pavilions and 5 retail pavilions, are strategically scattered on the site to express the cascading nature of its mountainous surroundings. Inspired by traditional Chinese landscape paintings and the concept of mountains, the development stands to present a stratified geology containing pinnacles, caves, rocks and waterfalls in the valleys, with ascending office towers sculpted as mountain peaks and rock-shaped pavilions lining alongside the busy traffic flow in-between to form a dynamic streetscape.
Aedas Global Design Principal Ken Wai from our Shanghai Office attended and addressed the event.
