schmidt hammer lassen architects has won an international competition to design a new home for the West Shanghai Workers? Cultural Palace. This project has been a widely popular destination for Shanghai?s Labor Union workers and local community since it opened in 1959. The new proposal will include a theater, cinema, art and exhibition spaces, as well as office, sports facilities, commercial spaces, and a transportation hub -- all settled within the eight hectare site.

Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

schmidt hammer lassen architects has won an international competition to design a new home for the West Shanghai Workers? Cultural Palace. This project has been a widely popular destination for Shanghai?s Labor Union workers and local community since it opened in 1959. The new proposal will include a theater, cinema, art and exhibition spaces, as well as office, sports facilities, commercial spaces, and a transportation hub -- all settled within the eight hectare site.
Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects

The design scheme preserves an existing park on the site, transforming into a fourteen acre public space that is centered on a lake. Four mixed-use towers, which sit on a plinth of cultural functions, are placed along the lake. At the lower levels of the towers, a performance theater, an education center and art and exhibition spaces are designed as "open and transparent spaces," allowing for easy access from t...