Xujiahui Park

The design of Xujiahui Park is mainly green, highlighting the integration with the original Xujiahui prosperous business circle and the garden villa style of Hengshan Road during the colonial period. There are three main attractions in the park: the memorial chimney, the park lake and the viewing bridge. There are good to hear or see the Yu Garden. There are also the ingenious cultural landscapes and the pleasant garden landscapes.

Xujiahui Park

Xujiahui Park is an open green park. Located in the sub center of Xujiahui City, Shanghai, it is located between Zhaojiabang Road, Tianping Road, Hengshan Road and Wanping Road, with Hengshan Road in the north, Zhaojiabang road in the south, Tianping road in the West and Wanping Road in the East. The park covers an area of about 8.47 hectares and is constructed in three phases: the first phase is the former Greater China Rubber Factory plot, about 3.3 hectares; the second phase is the former China Record factory plot, about 3.7 hectares; the third phase is the old residential plot around Wanping Road, about 1.47 hectares.

Built in 2000, the park retains the chimney of the rubber factory and the office building of the record factory, inheriting the historical memory. The layout of the design is in the shape of Shanghai, simulating the waters of Huangpu River and other waters, and is connected by nearly 200 meters long flyover.

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Construction history

The construction of Xujiahui Park creates a successful example of the combination of "three wastes" enterprises and ecological environment construction in the central city of Shanghai. Jointly funded by the municipal finance, the Municipal Construction Commission and Xuhui District, the relocation of the seriously polluted Greater China rubber plant will be planned and implemented by stages.

The planning and design scheme of Xujiahui Park is collected from the public, sponsored by the people's Government of Xuhui District, Shanghai Urban Planning Administration Bureau and Shanghai Greening Administration Bureau, and collected from the public through the news media. The expert evaluation committee shall select the formal participants from the applicants according to the basic requirements. In order to reflect the public participation and brainstorming, the organizer publicly displayed 11 preliminary schemes in Xujiahui square. Through the combination of public voting and expert opinions, two excellent schemes and the best scheme obtained by w.a.a. of Canada were selected. At that time, this form was the first time in the construction of park green space in Shanghai. The name of the park is also named "Xujiahui Park" after social solicitation.

The first phase of Xujiahui Park was started in January 2001 and completed at the end of September that year. The second phase of the project was officially started in September 2001 and completed at the end of May 2002. The third phase of the project was completed in 2005.

Scenic spots

Old town

With the shape of Huangpu River and the water system of Huangpu River, the old city of old Shanghai is drawn in the embrace of small rivers.

The layout concept is embedded with urban memory elements. In the corresponding locations inside and outside the county seat of Shanghai, the old city garden is set up, and the path paved with green bricks gives people historical feelings. Using sinking technique to limit the space, the pattern flower bed outlines the road network in the old city.

new generation

A new generation of large-scale sculptures, made and authorized by the famous American sculptor Manuel Carbonell, was built in the garden on April 6, 2007. The sculpture was donated to the Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation by the famous French lady Chai Liwei. Cabonnell is one of the world famous sculptors. The new generation of sculpture is the work of master in 1988, which means the birth of a new life.

Memorial chimney

The memorial chimney, originally 28 meters high, used to be the smoke exhaust equipment of Greater China rubber factory. It was built in 1926.

During the construction of Xujiahui Park, a layer of special material similar to fiber cloth was wrapped on the chimney surface to prevent corrosion and reinforce. In addition, the chimney will be increased by 11 meters, and a new stainless steel cone-shaped, hollow and filled with optical fibers will be installed on the top of the chimney.

Hope Springs

On May 16, 2005, the "spring of hope", a large sculpture presented by the government of Marseille, a friendly city of Shanghai, was selected to be located here. The sculpture, 9 meters high and 6 meters wide, is located in a fountain with an area of 240 square meters.

The sculpture is like a unfolded book with a large tree section hollowed out with stainless steel. There are 26 water columns under the front of the sculpture, which can form three different curved water curtains. The sculpture commemorates the 2600 anniversary of the founding of Marseilles in 1999 and was designed by the famous designer Bernard Jue. This sculpture is specially reproduced in Shanghai according to the sculpture of the same name in Marseilles.

Sunken garden in old town

The old Chengxiang sunken garden is located in the center of the park. With the miniature water system of Huangpu River, the old Chengxiang garden is set up in the corresponding position of the old Chengxiang in Shanghai county. The garden uses the sinking technique to limit the space, and the patterned flower beds outline the staggered road network in the "old city". Mahogany columns, bluestone foundation and grey brick road give a concise interpretation of the customs of old Shanghai.

Little red chamber

The villa is located in the north central part of the park. It was built in 1921. It was originally a villa of "British business EMI company", so it was also called "EMI building". Later it was used as the recording building of the original Chinese record factory. There is a rectangular European style sunken garden in the East and a hundred year old camphor in the south.

Nichols Bridge

The landscape overpass extending from the small square under the chimney of Greater China to Wanping Road is more than 100 meters long. With modern steel structure and glass, it is light and smooth. The overpass is the air corridor running through the whole park, and it is also a unique place for park viewing.

Yanhengshan Road Garden

Hengshan Road is a famous French style street in Shanghai. Art Deco style is an important feature of the buildings along the street. In the belt garden adjacent to Hengshan Road, the park continues Art Deco Style in the park by means of sculpture, sculpture wall, paving pattern and green planting, with simple landscape lines and scattered space treatment, making the park harmonious with Hengshan Road.

Happy family District

In the northeast of the park, there is a children's and old people's game and fitness area. In the forest dominated by Cinnamomum camphora and ginkgo, there are venues and facilities for the old people's fitness and children's games.

Basketball Court

In order to promote the national fitness campaign, Xujiahui Park has become one of the first open parks in Shanghai to set up sports venues. In the east of the park, there are three basketball courts with bamboo forest and grassland as the background.

Green planting

The greening of Xujiahui Park fully considers the biodiversity, and more than 130 kinds of plants compete for splendor. Local tree species in Shanghai include Cinnamomum camphora, Magnolia grandiflora, Ginkgo biloba, Sapindus mukorossi, pumila, Platanus acerifolia, Magnolia grandiflora, etc.; new and excellent varieties being promoted in Shanghai include duying, acacia, Koelreuteria, Cassia obtusifolia, Hypericum hongguoense, Spiraea jinyanensis, Pyracantha hongguoense, etc. In addition, Xujiahui Park is green because of its scenery, and its planting design is unique. For example, on the side of Zhaojiabang Road on the South Bank of the landscape water system, combined with the natural grass slope, the natural planting is mainly adopted, with trees and shrubs or clumps or patches, and isolated planting is adopted in some parts, which is comfortable and pleasant. Along Hengshan Road, art deco style is echoed, and regular greening is well arranged. In the old city, the combination of freely planted trees and regular pattern flowerbeds shows the blend of French style and Chinese traditional culture.

The role of Parks

Enhance regional comprehensive competitiveness

From the specific geographical location and surrounding environment of Xujiahui Park, Xujiahui Park plays a positive role in promoting the further development of Xujiahui area and enhancing its comprehensive competitiveness.

(1) Further enhance the comprehensive economic strength of Xujiahui area. It can further increase the flow of people, improve the economic development environment of Xujiahui area, gather more flow of people, logistics, information, capital and technology, increase the total amount of economic development of Xujiahui area, and enhance the comprehensive economic strength of Xujiahui area.

(2) Further enhance the comprehensive service function. The construction of Xujiahui Park has obvious agglomeration effect on Xujiahui area. From the perspective of evacuation, Xujiahui Park can accommodate a lot of people, just like a sponge, which can play the role of water storage; from the perspective of agglomeration, adding a large green space in the high circle can further increase the flow of people in Xujiahui area.

(3) Further enhance the comprehensive development environment. Xujiahui Park is located in Xujiahui business circle with numerous commercial buildings and crowded people, which will play a positive role in promoting business environment and shopping environment.

Strengthen the function of regional public activity center

Xujiahui Park has greatly expanded the function of public activity center in Xujiahui area. Covering an area of 8 hectares and fully open, Xujiahui Park is located in the popular Xujiahui business circle. People go to the quiet park to have a rest after shopping, catering and other activities. It forms a dialogue between people and green nature, meets the social needs of people in the special environment, and plays a positive role in regulating people's psychology, enjoying the city's characteristic landscape and meeting people's multi-level needs.

Optimize local ecological environment

Xujiahui area is full of high-rise buildings. The total building volume of 1 million square meters in Xujiahui business circle is relatively high, which gives people a feeling of congestion and insufficient open space. From the traffic situation, Xujiahui square connects with the city trunk

Chinese PinYin : Xu Jia Hui Gong Yuan