Wireframe architectural model with three conical lattice towers on a sloped, grid-patterned platform against black backdrop.
Shanghai Greenhouse
China
  • Cultural
  • Greenhouse
  • Competition
 
 

Adress
Former Expo-Grounds in Shanghai

Start of planning
02/2011

Floor area
approx. 27.000 m²

Gross surface area
approx. 30.000 m²

Construction volume
approx. 500.000 m³

Built-up area
approx. 30.000 m²

Hight
ca. 37 m

Number of levels
2

Project manager
Diogo Teixeira

Project team
Thomas Theilig

CONSULTANTS

Structural engineering
BOLLINGER+GROHMANN
Vienna

Landscape Architects
Burger Landschaftsarchitekten Munich

HVACR/ Electrics
Energy Design Cody
Graz

Client / Awarding Body
City of Shanghai

Futuristic curved pavilion with a net-like lattice roof on a flat landscape.
White futuristic sculpture with curved panels and a lattice tower on a flat white base, set against a black studio background.
Three wireframe geodesic domes on a tilted white plane against a black background.

Structural concept

Minimalist line drawing of a sailboat with a triangular sail on a calm body of water, with distant hills in the background.
Plain white background with a small blue line near the bottom center.
Schematic of a bridge with hanging mesh roof, wire-cone towers, concrete slab deck, and beam-grid framework.

Bollinger+Grohmann
Structural concept

Exploded axonometric diagram of multi-layer roof structure showing hanging mesh, wire-cone framework, concrete slab, and beam grid.

Bollinger+Grohmann
Structural concept

Futuristic wireframe pavilion and towers over a white plaza; visitors walk among lattice structures in a dark, grid-patterned interior.

Energy concept

Futuristic architectural pavilion with a curved platform and translucent lattice canopies on a white background
Futuristic white architectural pavilion with a cable-mesh roof and two tower-like structures on a flat platform against a black background.

Related Projects

Aerial view of a futuristic glass-domed complex with bubble-like modules over a lake, linked by white curving walkways through a green park.

Expo Cultural Park Greenhouse Garden

Slanted glass-clad tower with tiered terraces amid green trees under a blue sky.

Fürstenwald

Large geometric steel lattice sculpture suspended inside a tall square frame, with visitors atop and around, above lavender terraces in a park.

World Horticultural Exhibition

Visitors walk along a wooden-railed path through a tropical palm garden inside a glasshouse with an arched wooden lattice roof.

Taiyuan Botanical Garden

Terraced green buildings surround a central canal; pedestrians stroll along tree-lined walkways in a modern eco-urban landscape.

Shanghai Valley

Glass pyramid pavilion in a park beside a pond; a person with backpack walks along a path toward it.

Greenhouse Ganzhou