Houtan Park [后滩公园]
Reconversion of a former industrial area into a green space
Location: [世博会浦东地块C片区] No.2010 Shanghai Expo Park, Shanghai
Typology: Riverside public space Scale: 14 hectares Contracting authority: Shanghai authorities Main Stakeholders: Turenscape Year: 2010
Along the Huangpu River, the newly built Houtan Park has three ecological functions. The first is cleaning the water by adding oxygen; it reduces suspended sediments thanks to waterfalls, and absorbs some pollutants through wetland plants. Secondly, the park was designed to improve flood control. Finally, it aims to become a farming school.
Keywords: Manufactured Landscape, Green
Reconversion of a former industrial area into a green space
Location: [世博会浦东地块C片区] No.2010 Shanghai Expo Park, Shanghai
Typology: Riverside public space Scale: 14 hectares Contracting authority: Shanghai authorities Main Stakeholders: Turenscape Year: 2010
Along the Huangpu River, the newly built Houtan Park has three ecological functions. The first is cleaning the water by adding oxygen; it reduces suspended sediments thanks to waterfalls, and absorbs some pollutants through wetland plants. Secondly, the park was designed to improve flood control. Finally, it aims to become a farming school.
Keywords: Manufactured Landscape, Green