Huangpu River Waterfront Strategy
Strategizing a continuous waterfront to bring public space to millions
Formerly a bland concrete division between the Huangpu river and it’s shores, the waterfront is transformed into a useable, green and active space. Credit: Gehl
Invitations for active and healthy living are found throughout waterfront public spaces. As a dense and highly populated city, Shanghai’s public spaces have to accommodate a multitude of functionalities and provide flexibility in its use, day and night. Credit: Gehl
The continuous waterfront strategy promotes a diverse range of public space activities over a number of kilometers. This creates an exciting and shifting user experience and opportunities for different people and groups to ‘belong’ at any one time. Credit: Gehl
One of the successes of the strategy is that 92% of all flood barriers have been successfully integrated in public space design, reducing physical barriers between inhabitants and the waterfront. Between 2004 and 2020 there was an 82ha increase in greenery along the waterfront. Credit: Gehl