West Shanghai Workers Cultural Palace

Size/ 120,000 m²
Client/ Shanghai Labour Union/ Shanghai Putuo District Government
Local Architect/ ECADI (EAST China Architectural Design & Research Institute)

Built in 1959, the original West Shanghai Workers’ Cultural Palace occupies a prominent site in the centre of Shanghai, serving the union workers and local community as a popular cultural centre for the last five decades. The new scheme preserves, expands and transforms an existing park on the site into an inviting 6-hectare public space around a central lake.

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