HIDDEN GARDEN

A sunken access plaza inspired in a surreal and colorful blooming garden

HIDDEN GARDEN

10

Aug

2020

Shanghai

Asia/Shanghai

Chinese

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Hidden Garden
Minhang | Shanghai | China
 
Hidden Garden is an exterior renovation of a sunken plaza giving access to a mixed-use complex in Minhang, the suburban district in the South-West of Shanghai.
 
 

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Besides serving as access plaza to the commercial and office buildings, the sunken plaza is also an open-air semipublic space fully open to the public throughout the day.
 
 
Hidden Garden Cheerful| Official Video | 100 Channel
 



This revamp of this almost abandoned sunken plaza had as a main objective turning the grey and obsolete space into an eye-catching, bold and vibrant public space fostering social interactions, entertainment and a fun immersive experience below the surface of buzzy intersection streets in Minhang.
 
 

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The project was conceptualized as if we had buried a seed in a colorless ground unleashing a colorful blooming explosion of life, gigantic flowers and entertainment features triggering the occurrence of this wonderful blooming garden.
 
 

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In order to bring the sunken plaza to life, we colonized all the basement floor with a circle-packing Colorscape, mimicking colorful flower buds perceived from top view, which is the way we figured most of the visitors would get a first glance at the sunken space as they access from the surface.
 
 

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Many of those circles feature interactive games, graphics and messages in them, encouraging a functional and eventful activation of the floor and the space.
 
 

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With the aim of enhancing the whole garden experience and immerse visitors in it, 3 oversized flowers sprout up from the ground, serving as playful and resting platforms under comfortable shadows, for kids and adults alike.
 
 

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Seating features were designed as little colorful sprouts, while the main playful feature is rendered as a meandering flower stem than bends to allocate swings and passages.
 
Nearby the flowers, and guarded by 4 colorful columns, lies a mini-amphitheater for kids to meet, socialize and play around it.
 
 

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As a result, the revamped sunken space has been transformed into an attractor and a destination for a diverse group of users targeting families and youngsters.
 
Commercially specking it has increased importantly the flow of people helping to ensure the success of the commercial scheme in which is immersed.
 
 

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Hidden Garden Mystery| Explanatory Video | 100 Channel
 


 
Credits
 
PROJECT NAME: Secret Garden
DESIGN: 100 Architects (Shanghai)
DESIGN TEAM: Marcial Jesús, Javier González, Lara Broglio, Mónica Páez, Keith Gong, Cosima Jiang, Ponyo Zhao, Elena Michelutti, Ginger Huang
CLIENT: Capitaland
SIZE: 1,280 m2
STATUS: Built
LOCATION: No 6088 Humin road, Minhang district, Shanghai (China)

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Hidden Garden

The project is a complete architectural revamp of the sunken plaza. It is inspired in a surreal and colorful blooming garden with gigantic flowers transforming the space into an immersive experience.

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Street Intervention

What is an street intervention?
This is the smallest scale of interventions that takes place in the public realm of a city, related to the altering of a portion or a whole street or square, whether vehicular or pedestrian, by adding or installing new alienated elements to the existing configuration of the street.
 
This typology intervenes in existing urban settings by occupying the ground of a given area and by acting as an accessible and multifunctional platform, catalyzing social interactions by drawing attention to the “new place”. It is a tactical intervention with a non-territorial nature, keeping a clear formal and aesthetic distinction from the existing surroundings.
 
This type of intervention is oftentimes used by Retail Operators to transform their spaces into unique and visually appealing environments that increase foot traffic, attracting and retaining customers by turning their commercial spaces into “experiential retail” helping them stand out in a competitive market, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty while enhancing their brand presence potentially leading to higher sales, without the need of big renovation investment.


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Swinging all day long

Swinging all day long

I love how unexpected was this. Very different to what I have seen before. It is so cool that the chairs are flowers and the umbrellas as well. We swing all afternoon and my daughter couldn't get enough.

Photo by Coco 谭鷇晔

Taken at HIDDEN GARDEN

Big green snakes

Big green snakes

We liked the green shapes a lot. It is a mix between a flower and a snake. Really weird but also really cool. I would like to see more places like this one in Shanghai. The kids just wanna climb it all the time.  

Photo by Foir 小四

Taken at HIDDEN GARDEN

Colors everywhere

Colors everywhere

I love the project but I think it would be even better if the renovation was all over the place. Not  just the entrance plaza. Also I think more seating is necessary. But all in all it is a very impressive space. different from anything I have seen before. I took a picture to those chair balls that I found very funny.  

Photo by Sarah 崔珠克

Taken at HIDDEN GARDEN

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A firma di 100 Architects, Hidden Garden è frutto della riqualificazione urbana di una piazza ipogea che dà accesso a un complesso ad uso misto a Minhang.

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