zizhu international conference | hotel & residences

LOCATION:

Shanghai, China

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

McCullough was invited by Gafcon to be the landscape architect for the Zizhu Hi-Tech Industrial City, a new urban innovation city in Shanghai, China. The project began as an education and technology hub adjacent to Shanghai Jiao Tong University and East China Normal University Minhang. Today, it is home to innovative technology corporations and research and manufacturers of various technologies. The 800-acre mixed-use community proposes an intricate open space system that compliments the urban fabric and supports the existing ecology. The design embraces the natural waterfront at the edge of the property and a man-made canal that cuts through the site by introducing programmatic elements such as a retail center, waterfront park, and nature walk, that take people to the water.

McCullough and Gafcon are collaborating on a 5th phase of the larger development, this being an international conference center, a luxury hotel, and two residential towers. All three parts planned for two separate adjacent blocks along a boating canal and across the boulevard from a previously planned indoor sky and recreation park.