Located in the Taopu area of Putuo District, Shanghai, the project will provide the whole industry chain service carrier for food cold chain, life and health and other industries, and establish an integrated logistics service center supported by new energy infrastructure, ESG park management, smart park management and supply chain innovation application. It covers planned land area of 73,040 square meter, and involves 2 double-story warehouses and 1 5-storey office building.
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GLP Shanghai Northwest Park Phase 1
Institutional Building (Concept)
Firm
HAIYI DESIGN
Architect/Designer
TAO Rong, MAO Liangping
Design Team
TAO Rong, MAO Liangping, XU Xinyi, YU Fei, CAO Yulan, WU Liwei, XIE Sifan, KAN Xuwen, YANG Guanliang
Location
Shanghai
Country
China
Photographer/Copyright
©HAIYI DESIGN
The design is based on the renovation of the old factory building. The architectural framework, concrete blocks and trees of the original site are preserved and reused to create new landscape images. For example, the preserved trusses are cut and treated to make characteristic seats, the concrete blocks removed from the building are combined with the green space to bring earthscape, and the trees of the site are all original trees retained or transplanted in the area.
The design strives to create an efficient and convenient logistics park through smooth traffic organization and simple architectural layout. Each area is arranged with clear zoning and flow lines and minimizes the crossing and mutual interference of flow lines. The whole park is designed with two entrances and exits. The freight flow line enters and exits the park from the south side, and part of the logistics flow line can be diverted to the entrance and exit on the west side during peak hours to avoid the impact on the peripheral urban traffic. The more than 30M wide logistics loading and unloading yard can provide sufficient space for medium and large trucks to turn and park.
General vehicles enter and exit the park from the south entrance, and can drive to the roof of the warehouse area through the ramp. There is a dedicated minibus parking area on the roof, and visitors can directly enter the office area through the sky lobby after parking. Pedestrians enter and exit the park from the south side, and can reach the office area, warehouse staff entrance and other areas along the pedestrian passageway. In the whole park, the traffic flow lines of people and vehicles are rationally distributed to ensure the safety of people and driving.
The ground floor of the park and the platform on the second floor are equipped with supporting facilities for employees to rest and eat and restrooms. This allows employees on different floors to use these facilities horizontally, reducing vertical traffic and the workload of manual laborers. The outdoor recreation area and roof garden are ideal places for office workers to work and rest, and the staff garden and the staff home realize connection and functional complementarity of the upper and lower spaces, providing an outdoor rest space for employees to shade from the sun and rain.
The wall of the logistics building adopts colored steel sandwich rock wool metal board and vertical large corrugated wall board. White, light gray, medium gray, and dark gray are used to imitate nature to create the gradual gradation of nature mountains in ink paintings, bringing about the effect of gradually rising buildings. The upper part is naturally connected to the sky, and the two buildings form a system to reduce the pressure of the huge volume and create a modern and stable overall image.
As for sustainable design strategies, all the waste from the demolition of the original plant is utilized. 1501.7 tons of recyclable materials such as scrap metal parts, scrap wall and roof panels generated during the demolition of the old factory buildings in the park, as well as old equipment such as air conditioning units and diesel generators are all recycled, disposed of or reused. The 23,000 tons of concrete waste generated are all crushed and screened and then backfilled in place. In addition, rooftop photovoltaic facilities: The rooftop photovoltaic facilities installed in the new park plant can meet about 90% of the electricity demand in the first phase of the park, and the remaining 10% is neutralized by carbon sinks such as large-scale green space construction and rainwater recycling facilities.