2016-2017 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competition

As a new metropolis, Shanghai, especially Lujiazui area is seen as a new place, but actually every place has its past, today and future. Rusted steel was ideal to build the memory of the past, and at the same time to outlook the future. This museum is going to show the history of Pudong Lujiazui area, its origin and success, also can hold public activities and flexible exhibition. How to exist longer is to be harmonious with the past, the nature, and the future, this is a museum for the Huangpu River. There exist a time clue. This is a museum for the Huangpu River and is going to show the history of Pudong Lujiazui area, its origin and success, also can hold public activities and flexible exhibition. The river is the past, and also the future.

This is a museum for the Huangpu River -----there do exist a time clue to let people think. Rusted steel to show the corrosion of time. These high glass walls recall the built of Lujiazui, from low houses to high-rises, that is : today/future is built on yesterday.

Incorporation with the nature: Go through a green corridor in the middle, also rising to watch the river. High sky-windows to give high north natural lights. also this shows clearly the vertical partitioning, that put service space underneath the served space. Cause a time clue to recall the memory of history. Also connect the past, today, and the future. The river is the future.

The northwest corner design: citizens can have activities on the corner area with a smooth route combining the auditorium , stramp and also the exterior exhibition area.