REN PROJECT DESCRIPTION
ARCHITECT BJARKE INGELS GROUP
PROJECT PEOPLE’S BUILDING
SIZE REN: 50,000 M2, ADJACENT BUILDINGS: 500,000 M2
LOCATION WORLD EXPO SITE, SHANGHAI, CHINA
The RÉN building is a proposal for a hotel, sports and conference
centre for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The building is conceived
as two buildings merging into one. The first building, emerging from the
water, is devoted to the activities of the body, and houses the sports
and water culture centre. The second building, emerging from land, is
devoted to the spirit and enlightenment and houses the conference centre
and meeting facilities. The two buildings meet in a 1,000 room hotel and
form the Chinese character for the word “People”, becoming a
recognizable landmark for the World Expo in China.
Together the two buildings become a tower and an arch at once. The arch
creates a square for gatherings and activities, exactly on the main axis
of the Expo site overlooking the Huang Pu River. The square is sheltered
from the rain but allows the sunlight through, from east in the morning
and from west in the evening.
Large curved plazas cover the pool and conference buildings, creating
a continuous recreational public space along the river. Round openings
and roof lights bring light to the auditoriums and pools and become gradually
denser as they rise from the river, eventually becoming glittering windows
and terraces for the hotel rooms.
RÉN building Shanghai World Expo 2010 - Credits:
Partner-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels
Collaborators: Julien De Smedt
Project Leader: Andreas Pedersen
Contributers: Andrew Griffen, Bo Benzon, Christian Dam, Damita Yu, David
Zahle, Jakob Christensen, Jakob Lange, Jan Tanaka, Julie Schmidt-Nielsen,
Karsten Hammer Hansen, Katrin Betschinger, Kristoffer Harling, Mia Frederiksen,
Mia Scheel Kristensen, Nanna Gyldholm Møller, Narisara Ladawal,
Sophus Søbye, Thomas Christoffersen
Shanghai Expo
2010 Pavilion : Denmark, also by BIG
Shanghai Expo Pavilion
- UK
Shanghai Expo 2010
- Spanish Pavilion
Shanghai tower
BIG
Shanghai building
: Tallest building
Shanghai hotel :
Songjiang
Chinese Architecture
Hong
Kong and Shanghai Bank
Shanghai Architecture
Shanghai
Expo UK Winner : Heatherwick Studios
World Architecture : e-architect
- a guide to key buildings across the globe
Comments / photos for the Shanghai Expo RÉN building page welcome:
info@e-architect.co.uk
Shanghai Expo 2010 Building
- page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt