{"id":3028,"date":"2019-05-13T03:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T03:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T07:23:38","slug":"meet-the-american-architect-changing-chinas-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiapropertyawards.com\/en\/meet-the-american-architect-changing-chinas-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the American architect changing China’s cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studio Shanghai\u2019s visionary founder Benjamin Wood eschews complicated flashiness to create urban environments that elevate the lives of inhabitants<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Wood, founder of Studio Shanghai, has spent more than two decades in China<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Benjamin Wood was sitting at his desk in his Boston office when he got the call. Vincent Lo, a Hong Kong-based developer, was seeking a visionary architect for an unusual project in Shanghai. Lo had admired Wood\u2019s work on Lincoln Road, a high-end stretch of commercial development that had transformed a neighbourhood in Miami. Details of the project were vague, but the offer was too intriguing to turn down.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just said, \u2018I have something in Shanghai I want you to look at,\u2019\u201d Wood remembers. \u201cI had never been to China, but he was generous enough to buy me a first-class ticket, so I took him up on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a brief discussion with Lo in Hong Kong, Wood flew to the mainland for what turned out to be a fateful visit. It was 1998, a year after the handover in Hong Kong and right on the cusp of China\u2019s meteoric building boom. The project in question turned out to be Xintiandi, the upscale, mixed-use development centred around a cluster of historic buildings that is now widely considered one of the country\u2019s greatest urban planning success stories.<\/p>\n

In an article for The New Yorker, architecture critic Paul Goldberger dubbed it \u201cthe most provocative new architectural project in Shanghai\u201d\u2014an especially bold proclamation in an era when Pudong\u2019s skyline was rapidly approaching Blade Runner proportions.<\/p>\n

All of a sudden, Wood was one of the most sought-after architects in China. He found himself commuting across the Pacific so often that he eventually shuttered his U.S. offices and set up shop in Shanghai for good. \u201cI gave all my employees in the U.S., probably 80 people, the opportunity to come with me to China and only one woman took me up on it,\u201d he says. \u201cThis was back in the early days when the perception was still that China was a third-world country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The real model is creating an outdoor romantic environment for people to watch popular culture being created in real time. What people choose to wear, where they go to eat, the music they listen to\u2014it\u2019s all about expressing themselves through the choices they make<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Much has changed in China since then, due in no small part to Wood. Over the past two decades, his design firm, Studio Shanghai, has worked on more than 100 projects that have helped redefine urban life in the nation. After the success of Xintiandi, Wood went on to create similar integrated spaces in cities including Chongqing, Lingnan, and Wuhan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rise of the middle class coincided with my work in China, so I was in the right place at the right time with the right idea. What Xintiandi does is it provides the middle class a place to go,\u201d Wood says. \u201cThe real model is creating an outdoor romantic environment for people to watch popular culture being created in real time. What people choose to wear, where they go to eat, the music they listen to\u2014it\u2019s all about expressing themselves through the choices they make.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concept may have been radical in China, but it didn\u2019t originate there. Prior to his work on Xintiandi, Wood spent a decade working under Benjamin Thompson, the influential architect behind Faneuil Hall in Boston, the South Street Seaport in New York City, and Union Station in Washington D.C. All of these projects altered the lives of American citizens and redefined their respective urban areas. Tragically, Thompson was never able to see Xintiandi or witness first-hand how far his former pupil would be able to carry his ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had an extraordinary teacher,\u201d Wood says. \u201cWhat he did for the American cities I think I\u2019ve done for cities in China.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While the architectural projects grabbing headlines in the People\u2019s Republic these days are often skyscrapers with astronomic rents and flashy designs, Wood has little interest in such work. Rather than consider how technological advances might be used to make these prestige-heavy structures possible, he prefers to think about what it can do to make everyday life more enjoyable and environmentally sustainable for the people of a city. In the future, he\u2019s intrigued to see how smart city technologies, like those currently used in Shanghai Disney Resort to monitor crowds and human flow, will be used to improve the cities in which we live.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of my work now, it\u2019s not really buildings anymore. It\u2019s transforming once-famous landmarks and bringing them back to life,\u201d he says. \u201cThroughout my career, I\u2019ve focused on a holistic approach to design. Rather than be a signature style architect, I try to be an architect who works with creating opportunities for ordinary people to enjoy ordinary lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many individuals would be content to rest on their laurels or ease slowly into retirement at this stage in their careers, but Wood has no intention of doing either such thing. Chinese cities continue to evolve at a dizzying pace and he hopes to be a part of their development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m still working. I\u2019m 70 years old and I go to work every day,\u201d he says with pride. \u201cI\u2019m still trying to change China and change the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xintiandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Xintiandi in Shanghai was completed in 2002<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although Wood wanted to maintain the evocative feel of the historic neighbourhood, he had no desire to turn Xintiandi into a museum. \u201cI\u2019m not a preservationist. I don\u2019t believe you should treat buildings like cadavers and embalm them so they never change,\u201d he says. \u201cIn Xintiandi, I used a free hand when it came to making bigger openings in the walls. I didn\u2019t change the central framework, because I thought that was the most important thing.\u201d So while the old shikumen <\/em>gates were carefully preserved, other elements were drastically altered. Wherever possible, Wood incorporated work by contemporary Chinese craftsmen. The result honours the past, yet still feels vibrant and modern.<\/p>\n

Wuhan Tiandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wuhan Tiandi in Wuhan was completed in 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sort of like an author who writes one book and isn\u2019t really sure if they can write the second one,\u201d Wood says. \u201cWhen I started Wuhan Tiandi, I was apprehensive.\u201d Much of that had to do with the fact that the space in Wuhan came with fewer heritage buildings. Rather than rely on old structures to give the place its charm, Wood planned the development mostly from the ground up. \u201cI had achieved this great success with Xintiandi, which a lot of people incorrectly attributed to historical preservation,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s not about that. The buildings in Wuhan Tiandi, 95 percent of them are brand-new.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zhongshan Avenue<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Zhongshan Avenue in Wuhan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When it was first built, architects envisioned Wuhan\u2019s Zhongshan Avenue as the equivalent of Shanghai\u2019s ritzy shopping boulevard, Nanjing Road. Unfortunately, the original execution failed to live up to these lofty expectations. \u201cYears ago, it was practically deserted and most of the shops were\u2026 not very good, let\u2019s put it that way,\u201d Wood says. In order to bring new life to the area, Studio Shanghai completely overhauled roughly three kilometres of the pedestrian-friendly zone. It\u2019s just one of several major projects in the city that have helped reshape the fabric of daily life in this rapidly changing industrial city. \u201cNow the best shops in town have moved back,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

The HUB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Hub in Shanghai was completed in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On an average day, between 1.1 and 1.4 million people pass through this aptly named focal point in Shanghai. The HUB is a 62,000 sqm, six-story shopping centre in Hongqiao District where the city\u2019s high-tech transportation networks, the Hongqiao Airport, the Hongqiao Railway Station, and the Hongqiao Maglev Station, converge. Designing a space that could handle such a staggering volume of foot traffic and some of the most vital connections in the country was no small task. The result is a glittering, streamlined, and staggeringly efficient temple of capitalism that boasts some of the most prestigious retail labels in the city.<\/p>\n

Positec Headquarters Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Positec office building in Suzhou was completed in 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe tendency nowadays, because fossil fuel is still relatively cheap and alternative energies are getting cheaper, is that engineers are getting lazy,\u201d says Wood. Plenty of developers like to brag about their commitment to being green, but few can match the eco-credentials of this US LEED Platinum-certified office block covering more than 3,000 sqm. From a cleverly designed rainwater recovery system to a solar photovoltaic power generator to a savvy lighting system, Studio Shanghai incorporated intelligent sustainable solutions into every facet of the building. There are even charging facilities and reserved parking spaces for electric cars in the parking garage, a boon for people like Wood. \u201cI just bought an electric car!\u201d he says. \u201cI have a London taxi cab and a driver for the daytime, but at night I love to drive around the city in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foshan Lingnan Tiandi<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Foshan Lingnian Tiandi in Foshan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Much like Xintiandi before it, this USD300 million project is anchored by 128 traditional buildings. Wood and the project manager Matt White spent three years living in and meticulously documenting the area. The finished space uses the site\u2019s past as a source of inspiration, but is not rigorously constrained by it. Wood intentionally avoided littering the grounds with ostentatious skyscrapers. \u201cHigh-rise buildings are tall buildings on life support. They\u2019re all mechanically ventilated,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen people say it\u2019s sustainable, they mean they\u2019ve found a way to make a more efficient air conditioning system, but there\u2019s nothing sustainable about them.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared in Issue No. 150 of PropertyGuru Property Report Magazine<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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