RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT – Shanghai (with Urbis JHD)

In this large scale residential project in Pudong, Shanghai, Staughton Architects were engaged by Urbis JHD to execute the space planning, detailed design and presentation of 7no. residential building types for distribution within a developed masterplan (see below). The success of the project depended largely on an ability to respond to ongoing change as the overall directives of the masterplan were developed, along with an aesthetic reconciliation of each type as dictated by the client. This was managed according to the strategic distribution of the various types within the masterplan, and their ability to respond to the expectations of a particular residential market - part of which involved specific attention to Chinese traditions concerning orientation, entry approach and the spatial arrangement of particular household components.