Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall
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The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Chinese
: 上海城市规划展览馆; Pinyin
: Shànghǎi Chéngshì Guīhuà Zhǎnlǎn Guǎn) is located on People's Square
, Shanghai
, China
, adjacent to the municipal government building.
The Exhibition Center is a six-story building, with two basement levels, which displays Shanghai's urban planning
and development. Exhibitions include models of planned and recent developments, as well as Shanghai's history.
. The Exhibition Center is 43m high, has a white aluminium panel cladding and a symbolic membrane structure roof.
of the city of Shanghai, showing all existing and approved buildings. Visitors can view the model from alongside or ascend to a gallery running around it for views from above.
The model is intended to represent the entire city, including all planned developments. However, a few support pillar
s penetrate the scale model. This means certain areas are missing from the model, and some views of the model are obscured by the columns.
Alongside the model is a small theatre room housing a 360o screen. The room plays a video giving the impression the viewer is flying through the Shanghai of the future, viewing notable locations including some of the Shanghai Expo 2010
pavilions.
Chinese language
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: 上海城市规划展览馆; Pinyin
Pinyin
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: Shànghǎi Chéngshì Guīhuà Zhǎnlǎn Guǎn) is located on People's Square
People's Square (Shanghai)
People's Square is a large public square adjacent to Nanjing Road in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. People's Square is the site of Shanghai's municipal government headquarter building, and is used as the standard reference point for measurement of distance in the Shanghai...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
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, adjacent to the municipal government building.
The Exhibition Center is a six-story building, with two basement levels, which displays Shanghai's urban planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
and development. Exhibitions include models of planned and recent developments, as well as Shanghai's history.
Building
The building was designed by architect Ling Benli of the East China Architecture Design & Research Institute (ECADI), as a harmonious balance to the Grand TheatreShanghai Grand Theatre
The Shanghai Grand Theatre is located at the intersection of Central Boulevard and Huangpi Road South in northern part of the People's Square in Huangpu District, Shanghai, China....
. The Exhibition Center is 43m high, has a white aluminium panel cladding and a symbolic membrane structure roof.
Exhibition
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a huge scale modelScale model
A scale model is a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the original object. Very often the scale model is used as a guide to making the object in...
of the city of Shanghai, showing all existing and approved buildings. Visitors can view the model from alongside or ascend to a gallery running around it for views from above.
The model is intended to represent the entire city, including all planned developments. However, a few support pillar
Column
A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces...
s penetrate the scale model. This means certain areas are missing from the model, and some views of the model are obscured by the columns.
Alongside the model is a small theatre room housing a 360o screen. The room plays a video giving the impression the viewer is flying through the Shanghai of the future, viewing notable locations including some of the Shanghai Expo 2010
Expo 2010
Expo 2010, officially Expo 2010 Shanghai China was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in the city of Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992...
pavilions.