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Mall Case Study Virtual

Shanghai Suhe MixC World is an innovative urban renewal project by Kokaistudios, spanning 42,000 square meters along Suzhou Creek, which integrates commercial spaces with public green areas and cultural landmarks. The development aims to revitalize the waterfront, enhance public spaces, and preserve cultural heritage while promoting modern urban living. Key features include seamless connections between above and below ground areas, organic design elements, and a focus on creating an attractive environment for both locals and visitors.

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Mall Case Study Virtual

Shanghai Suhe MixC World is an innovative urban renewal project by Kokaistudios, spanning 42,000 square meters along Suzhou Creek, which integrates commercial spaces with public green areas and cultural landmarks. The development aims to revitalize the waterfront, enhance public spaces, and preserve cultural heritage while promoting modern urban living. Key features include seamless connections between above and below ground areas, organic design elements, and a focus on creating an attractive environment for both locals and visitors.

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VIRTUAL CASE STUDY

ON
Shanghai Suhe MixC
World:
A Benchmark in Urban
Renewal Presented by:
Munazza Tabish
Zubaida Khatoon
Momin Hammad
Hameed
Aiman Siraj Khan
Mujeeb Alam
INTRODUCTION
Shanghai Suhe MixC World, located on Suzhou Creek,
is a groundbreaking development by Kokaistudios that
bridges Shanghai’s historical roots with its modern
aspirations. Spanning 42,000 square meters, the project
introduces the concept of an “urban valley,” integrating
subterranean commercial spaces with public green land and
cultural landmarks.
Developer: CRLand, which endorsed Kokaistudios' vision
over a traditional underground shopping mall.

Objective:
Its objective was to:
• Address urban renewal by revitalizing the northern
bank of Suzhou Creek,
• reconnecting the city’s waterfront and hinterland,
• and providing high-quality public spaces.

Vision:
Its vision was to
• Blend green spaces with commercial functionality.
• Preserve cultural heritage while promoting modern
urban living.
• Create a seamless connection between above-
ground and underground spaces.
Site Area: 42,000 square meters
Location: Suzhou Creek,
Shanghai
The commercial space is located inside the valley; while its
sides take the form of stepped access points.
The project’s most important and
unifying element is the aboveground
green land

It is an attractive public space for


local residents and visitors alike, it
injects welcome greenery and fresh
possibilities into this previously
overlooked corner of shanghai.
Physical connections between the
public green land and commercial
space are made visible by six
overground openings.

Designed to merge with the ground-level green


area so as to blur boundaries between above
and below, their organic-shaped curves
incorporate planted steps transitioning
down into the space.
The pebble-shaped
openings incorporate
entrances to the
underground commercial
space and are located on With escalators
either side of the bisecting alongside for
road. accessibility,
entrances merge with
the surrounding
landscape, with only
their canopies visible
from the green land
Partially planted and with occasional seating above.
areas along their route, as well as coffee shops,
they recall the gentle slopes of a valley or stepped tea
fields.
An elevator transports
visitors direct to the • Another entrance to the mall
venue's second is via the new four-floor
basement level commercial building.
• The structure is located next to
the office tower, aesthetically
uniting the site's recent
phases of development
through materials.

• Physically connecting the site’s two


halves is a new footbridge crossing
Fujian North Road. • An adjacent open spiral
• The bridge boasts spectacular views staircase transports
across the Suzhou River, making it an shoppers past the mall.
attractive vista point for tourists.
• It is also the location of a primary
access point to the mall below.
Inside the mall, two enclosed areas have been
designed to physically and visually connect
with the site’s significant cultural heritage,
Shenyu Li and Thean Hou Temple.
• The commercial space located directly
below is succinctly integrated with the
historic heritage on the ground floor and
compactly locates at the entrance, axis,
and underground public atrium.
• Kokaistudios' interior design team extracted
elements from the structure of the
traditional lilong house and apply these
to the design.
• The combination of the glass roof
windows and the lightweight wooden
rafters ceiling recalled the memory of
history. Designed as “a dialogue between
commercial and heritage”, they integrate the
conservation building with the commercial
public space as a spatial technology.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
BASEMENT PLAN 1 BASEMENT PLAN

FULL SECTION

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