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Westbund Central
- Client
- Hongkong Land
- Services
- Architecture
- Sector
- Mixed Use
- Location
- Shanghai, China
Retail podium for Plot D of Hongkong Land’s Westbund Central, Shanghai
Westbund Central is a 1.1 million-square-metres mixed-use development on Shanghai’s Xuhui waterfront, delivering Grade-A offices, luxury retail, high-end residences, two Mandarin Oriental hotels, and cultural venues in phases to 2028. Benoy won an international competition to provide retail architecture for Plot D, the commercial retail podium within the wider scheme, working across a site area of 90,086m² with over 150,000m² of retail distributed above and below ground.
Dates2024
Size
1,100,000m²
A luxury retail podium with an ETFE canopy
The retail podium design for Plot D targets a luxury shopping experience as its primary positioning, connected to Xujiahui, one of Shanghai’s major sub-centres, via the Inner Ring Road. The defining architectural feature is an innovative ETFE canopy that covers a generous semi-open retail area, providing weather protection while maintaining a sense of openness and natural light. The canopy creates a distinct spatial character for the podium, differentiating the retail experience within the wider Westbund Central development and creating a flexible environment for diverse retail and event programming.
