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26 Jan 2017
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January 25, 2017 – Steven Holl Architects’ design for a new Cultural and Health Center in Shanghai was approved by COFCO, who commissioned the project in Summer 2016.
The two buildings, set in a public landscape, will serve as a social condenser, bringing the community of the surrounding new housing blocks together in a public space and park along Punan canal.
?To work on Architecture for Culture and Health is a social commitment, during these challenging times? ? architect Steven Holl
The new Shanghai Cultural and Health Center and landscape are merged by the concept of ?Clouds & Time,? a reference to philosopher Karl Popper?s famous 1965 lecture on the evolutionary model of free will, ?Of Clouds and Clocks.? While the landscape is organized in large clock-like circles forming a central public space, the buildings are cloud-like in their porosity and openness inviting the public in.

The Cultural Center, built out of white concrete, hovers over a transparent glass base which exposes the café, game and recreation rooms. A curved ramp, climbing gently up to the second floor creates a continuous overlooking experience. The Culture Center supports an array of social and sport ...