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SHANGHAI CONFERENCE JULY 2005

Siegfried Zhiqiang WuTongji University

Designing the city: Lessons from hyper-growth

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Designing the City Designing the City ———— Lessons from HyperLessons from Hyper--GrowthGrowth WU, Siegfried ZhiqiangZhiqiang

WHATWHAT is Hyperis Hyper--Growth?Growth?

WHYWHY does Hyperdoes Hyper--Growth take place?Growth take place?

Lesson from Shanghai:Lesson from Shanghai:HOWHOW to design Cities with Hyperto design Cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?

Insight to evaluate the Issues:


What has been ShanghaiWhat has been Shanghai’’s Hypers Hyper--Growth ?Growth ?

Population of Shanghai

10.82 Million11.86 Million

13.34 Million

16.74 Million

1964 1982 1990 2000 2005



GDP/capita of Shanghai (USD)GDP/capita of Shanghai (USD)

1952

1977

1993

1997

2000

2003

$125

$1000

$2000

$3000

$4000

$5000

$60002005


What has been ShanghaiWhat has been Shanghai’’s Hypers Hyper--Growth ?Growth ?Comparison with New York / London / ParisComparison with New York / London / Paris

Shanghai


What has been ShanghaiWhat has been Shanghai’’s Hypers Hyper--Growth ?Growth ?Comparison with New York / London / ParisComparison with New York / London / Paris

Shanghai



Hyper-Growth refers not only to a population’s growth,

but its changing structural composition as well

Floating populationFloating population’’s increase in Shanghais increase in Shanghai

0.6Million

3.87Million

1984 2000



The same applies to industrial Hyper-Growth.

50.248(43.8)1.8Shanghai（2000）

31.963.8(59.1)4.3Shanghai （1990）

21.175.7(74)3.2Shanghai（1980）

6533 （19）2High Income countries (average)

5735（22）7Upper-middle income countries (average)

523612Lower-middle income countries (average)

3841(29)21Low Income countries (average)

6134(20)5World (average)

TertiaryIndustry

Second Industry (Inc. Manufacturing)

PrimaryIndustry

change of industrial ratios in Shanghai (change of industrial ratios in Shanghai (%%) )


Why has this HyperWhy has this Hyper--Growth taken place?Growth taken place?

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004

ChinaChina’’s Urbanization (s Urbanization (%%) )


Why has this HyperWhy has this Hyper--Growth taken place?Growth taken place?

After 50 years of oppression, ShanghaiAfter 50 years of oppression, Shanghai’’s s growing impetus suddenly growing impetus suddenly bursts outbursts out !!


How to design cities with HyperHow to design cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?

From an architectural standpoint, it means

1. D1. Different styles are being adopted simultaneously:

• Europeanism

• Classicism

• Modernism

• Post-Modernism

What has HyperWhat has Hyper--Growth meant to Shanghai? Growth meant to Shanghai?



How to design cities with HyperHow to design cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?

• The city will be shaped by the work of foreign architects

Ex. AdministrativeEx. Administrative--cultural center of cultural center of New New PudongPudong DistrictDistrict

What does HyperWhat does Hyper--growth mean to planners? (Contd.) growth mean to planners? (Contd.)


Administrative building Administrative building –– Japanese architectJapanese architect


Science and Technology Museum - American architect


Century Avenue – French architect


Century Park – British planner


*All integrated

Integration of Space


How to design Cities with HyperHow to design Cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?

Integration of ProcessDongfang Road

What does HyperWhat does Hyper--Growth mean to planners? Growth mean to planners?



• Knowledge Accumulation

What does HyperWhat does Hyper--growth demand of Planners? growth demand of Planners?



• Select and abandon Projects to take on

What HyperWhat Hyper--growth demand of Planners? growth demand of Planners?



• Powerful team organization and coordination

What does HyperWhat does Hyper--growth demand of Planner? growth demand of Planner?



• Collecting experiences and lessons from foreign and domestic Planners




• Careful treatment of historic culture



• Hyper-Growth city design does not mean designing human-settlement on aHYPER scale… but:

• Hyper knowledge accumulation• Hyper criticism of urban problems• Hyper caution of historical heritage• “Hyper dimensional” consideration on

the future of Cities

How to design Cities with HyperHow to design Cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?Lessons from HyperLessons from Hyper--GrowthGrowth


• It’s a extremely difficult task to design cities in hyper-growth, so we need…

Hyper Design• Design in a broader sense• Design at a fast speed• Design with strategy

How to design Cities with HyperHow to design Cities with Hyper--Growth?Growth?Lessons from HyperLessons from Hyper--GrowthGrowth

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