Huamu Lot 10 / KPF / Shanghai

Humau Lot 10

• Architects:  Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
• Location:  Shanghai, China
• Client:  Poly Real Estate Group, Shanghai Pudong Properties Group  
• Architect / Structure & Mechanic Engineer:  Tonji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd  
• Project Area:  278,858 m2 / 3,000,000 ft2  
• Facade Consultant:  RFR
• Landscape Consultant:  Aspect Studio
• Lighting Consultant:  OVI
• Design Principal:  Jeffrey A. Kenoff, AIA  
• Managing Principal:  Inkai Mu, AIA  
• Project Manager:  Sean Roche, RIBA  
• Senior Designer:  Katsunori Shigemi, AIA 
• Technical Coordinates:  Michael Linx, AIA, Eric Engdahl  

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has unveiled details of Haumu Lot 10 in Shanghai. The three-tower scheme, totaling 279,000 square meters, is dedicated to commercial offices and future museum, positioned around a central grand plaza.

Haumu Lot 10 will create a sustainable mixed-use urban environment that welcomes tenants and visitors to experience nature and art in an active setting, demonstrating a new form of participatory urbanism.

"The urban significance of this cluster of buildings goes beyond their office function. They combine with a major museum to make cultural space, and create a "sky plane" above that raises the aspirations of the city."

- James von Klemperer, President and Design Principal, KPF

The project is defined by three office towers and a future museum carefully situated around a central grand plaza. Landscaped with lush greenery, subtle water features, and meandering walkways, the plaza is activated by surrounding cultural programming and is designed to accommodate large-scale artwork.

Each of the three towers is efficiently planned and rationally massed to make a strong statement and respond to a variety of future contexts. The glass curtain wall facades allow for panoramic views and bring plentiful natural light to the buildings interiors, while strong horizontal elements emphasize their rigidly. Subtle cantilevers at uniform heights create a visually connected Sky Gallery, a dramatic and iconic gesture high above the surrounding neighborhood. At night, these cantilevers elements are illuminated to become grand lighting features, marking Haumu Lot 10 from a far. Stepped gardens located on building roofs and terraces provide building occupants with verdant outdoor gathering space an offer sweeping views of the city.

"The project seeks to flip the equation of a tower which typically includes an iconic top, and instead uses the gallery program as a cantilevered volume near the mid-point of the tower. The result is a moment that engages the pedestrian realm while simultaneously sculpting the project's identity within the Shanghai skyline."

- Jeff Kenoff, Design Principal, KPF

Sustainability is a key component of Huamu Lot 10's design. Each facade is outfitted with shading strategies to reduce solar heat gain while still allowing daylight to permeate the interiors. Storm water collection on the roofs capture rainwater for landscape irrigation and tower cooling, while vegetation provides insulation and reduces the urban heat island effect. The development's integrated public transit connections also encourage more sustainable forms of transportation.