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SHANGHAI
INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL
CENTER
The Jin Mao, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Center, form the current ‘Landmark Epicenter’ of Shanghai. The tower’s proximity, uniqueness, and scale are the bonding factors in creating an iconic and memorable impression. At the other end of the financial district in the heart of Century Plaza, the complex of three new buildings of the Shanghai International Financial Center forms a complement to the City Center plaza and frames the center of Pudong and the old City. The project was designed for the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX), and the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (CSDCC). The underlying attitude and challenge in the design of the Shanghai International Financial Center
was to design a powerful, unified complex of memorable images while addressing the three corporations’ individual needs and providing each with an appropriate individual identity. The beauty of the complex lies in its simplicity and logic – three buildings united in one powerful unit suitable for these beacons of finance so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. To achieve this, all design decisions are made rationally and are supported by principles of science and technology. The result is a complex of clarity, integrity, and authenticity. The buildings are individually significant, formally simple and elegant, technologically advanced and environmentally responsible. As a complex of strong landmark image buildings full of spirit and optimism, the right statement in present times, the Shanghai International Financial Center completes the Pudong Financial Zone. IMAGES BY QINGYAN ZHU
YEAR
SIZE
TYPE
STATUS
LOCATION
CLIENT
COLLABORATION
2020
550.000 M2
HEADQUARTERS
COMPLETED
SHANGHAI, CHINA
CHINA SECURITIES DEPOSITORY, CLEARING CORPORATION LIMITED, SHANGHAI STOCK
JAHN, SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND RESEARCH. SCHMIDT LANDSCHAFTSARCHITEKTEN GMBH, WERNER SOBEK STUTTGART GMBH & CO KG