Soho Fuxing Plaza

The complex consist of nine oblong, bar-shaped volumes with sloping roofs pointing east-west. The shapes of the low-rise buildings replicate the arrangement of the famous “longtang” houses in Shanghai. The buildings are staggered in parallel to the building line, thereby creating an animated street front similar to that of the traditional houses in the neighborhood. Towards the inside of the development, the building volumes are offset such that they form a central urban square, which is the heart of the project. The façades of the longtang-style buildings are clad in natural stone in hues of beige – a color that is characteristic of Shanghai, especially in the Bund area. The metal elements of the glazed façades are finished in a glossy dark gray, which creates an interesting contrast to the light stone panels. The truncated high-rise building, with a height of 100 meters, visually connects with the roof slopes of the low-rise buildings. The high-rise building’s façade material is the same as that of the longtang buildings, thus creating a unifying design concept while still allowing individual façade systems to be applied to the different buildings.