WEST BANK ART CENTER - DAVID CHIPPERFIELD ARCHITECTS

The West Bank XuHui masterplan development covers a former industrial area 7 km from the center of Shanghai. Most facilities in the area have been demolished with only a few remaining original structures on site. Within the masterplan, an art museum will be designed along the riverbank. The building will have a strong relationship to its surroundings. Due to its situation as a solitaire at the north most point where the road and the river diverge to form a generous green park, the West Bank Art Center will be the prime cultural entity visitors encounter when coming to the Xuhui Riverside District via the Shanghai Corniche. The building will be a prominent feature of the masterplan on the West Bank of the Huangpu River.