Shanghai Xintiandi Building, Chinese Atrium renovation, AIM Architecture Photos

Shanghai Xintiandi atrium renovation News

27 Apr 2021

Central Atrium of Xintiandi Shanghai

Architects: AIM Architecture

Location: Shanghai, China

AIM Architecture completed Shanghai Xintiandi atrium renovation: an immersive garden blurs the line between indoor and outdoor

Shanghai Xintiandi atrium renovation

With a rich history of Shikumens, elaborate gardens and vibrant street life behind the glamour, no place captures Shanghai’s dual essence better than Xintiandi. It challenges the cookie-cutter mold by reimagining the romance of street life with a modern city context. But even upscale landmarks need updating, so when client Shui-on decided to renovate the whole mall, we took the opportunity to have a space intervention.

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The architect’s task was to redesign the central atrium of Xintiandi Shanghai. How to create a lively indoor plaza able to interact with people, to make a ‘place’ more than just a shopping atrium?

Riffing from Xintiandi’s inherent hybrid design, we decided to bring the outdoors in. The first floor draws the outside with its outdoor paving and green seating islands. This flow strengthens the atrium and creates a more defined vertical space.

A giant ‘trellis’ on the higher floors and public walkways overgrown with lush plants frames the atrium and focalizes the building.

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The vertical mullions also establish a rhythm, with the skin’s added complexity providing more depth of views.

Outdoor space flows through the building, with light and plants and trees.

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Seating islands offer the possibility to linger and enjoy the welcoming, hybrid space. Sixteen carefully arranged carpets help cultivate a cozy garden vibe.

The atrium is no longer just a passage but a place, truly a ‘plaza,’ an immersive garden that blurs the line between indoor and outdoor; a beautiful, unexpected sanctuary at the heart of Xintiandi’s buzz.

Shanghai Xintiandi atrium renovation

Shanghai Xintiandi atrium renovation – Building Information

Client: SHUI ON
Location: Shanghai, China
GFA: 800 sqm
Completion: 2021
Design Scope: Interior renovation
Design Principals: Wendy Saunders, Vincent de Graaf
Project Manager: Cindy Xu
Project Architect: Davide Signorato
Interior Team: Mavis Li, Ning Cai
FFE Team: Peichin Lee

Photography: Wen Studio

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