The Roof Shanghai, Xuhui District Retail, Chinese Building Design Project, Architecture Photos
The Roof, Shanghai Building
11 Jun 2021
The Roof, Shanghai Building Design
Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel with ASPECT Studios
Location: Yongjia Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
The Roof, Shanghai
ASPECT Studios is part of a collaborative team behind an exciting new lifestyle and retail destination, The Roof in Shanghai, which offers a unique design infused with the characteristics of its traditional context.

Images by RAW Vision Studio/ASPECT Studios unless noted otherwise
Representing qualities of the backstreets (Li ?long) of Shanghai, The Roof carefully weaves its surrounding culture into its distinctive design, creating a model for future city spaces where people and nature thrive in a destination to see and be seen in.
In early 2018, CIFI appointed ASPECT Studios as part of the project team for delivery of the architectural landscape and living façade design of this iconic building by Jean Nouvel. Appreciating the sites context, culture, and community played a vital role in successfully realizing the vision of the project.

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