This is an in-depth analysis of Gensler’s Shanghai Tower written and compiled by the students of Dr. Firas Al-Douri’s AAE 481 Architecture Place and Identity course at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the Spring 2014 semester.
Students discuss the relationship of Shanghai Tower to its immediate context. Sustainable design and construction become the backbones of the Shanghai Tower as it aims to respect its site and context, work with the climate, minimize the use of new materials, conserve energy, and pursue quality in the built environment through holistic design.
In addition students compared Shanghai Tower to precedents that share the same goals and intentions. Each project’s location, concept, program, and functional requirements
will be discussed and critically analyzed.
This becomes a study and discussion of
mixed-use spaces, relationships between tall buildings and their surroundings, the user’s experience, and the determination of what makes a project successful.
