Paradise Walk Jiangchen, Wuhan Shopping Mall, Office Tower, Residential Building, New Chinese Architecture Photos
Paradise Walk Jiangchen in Wuhan, China
4 Dec 2021
Architects: CLOU
Location: Wuhan City, Hubei province, People’s Republic of China

Paradise Walk Jiangchen
With the nearby Yangtze as the key inspiration for the building and its inner workings, Paradise Walk Wuhan Jiangchen evolves around river-themed interior spaces that distinctively enrich the retail experience and social encounter in a notion of water and movement. Centrally located in Wuhan?s CBDs on top of a multi-line transport node, the mall takes on multi-level TOD characteristics, to discharge, channel, host, and gather large visitor volumes within its V-shaped footprint.
As one of Central China?s flagship malls, Paradise Walk Wuhan Jiangchen sets new standards for large-scale urban retail in conjunction with mixed-use and TOD components: Its site straddles Wuhan?s Central Business District and Financial Street Business District on top of Fanhu Station, served by 2 metro and 25 bus lines.

This transit base induces a dichotomy in the functional setup of the retail floors: its hub character strives to swiftly accept, channel, and distribute large passenger volumes vertically into the business zones, while the retail aims at attracting and retaining visitors to dispense them horizontally into its multiform commercial environment.

On a triangular plot topped by two office towers, the 110,000 sqm ...