URBAN METABOLISM FOR ME GA - U R B A N G R OW T H
M A R I S S A FA B R I Z I O
RESTRUCTURING: DENSIFICATION OF COMMERCIALIZATION IN CITY CENTER
RESTRUCTURING: RELOCATING DEVELOPMENT UPWARDS OVER THE FLOOD PLAIN
FIGURE 10.11: Shanghai urban restructuring plan
This new strategy also changes the way in which Shanghai operates. Instead of densifying the city center with commercial program, the city can focus on the shifting of development upwards (see figure 10.11). This new scheme will blur the concept of compartmentalized programs within the city and will create network connections between residential, commercial, and infrastructural entities. A new mode of densification emerges, with elevated networks responding to the type of urban fabric that is needed for each program. The idea of the grid system is replaced by the introduction of elevational planning.
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