Cool Docks [老码头]
Renewal of former industrial docks
Location: [黄浦区，中山南路505号] No.505 Zhongshan South Road, Huangpu district, Shanghai
Typology: Former industrial docks Scale: 37,772sqm (Total building area) Main Stakeholders: Shanghai Huge Group Co. Ltd. Year: 2009
Located on the Hangpu Shore, “Cool Docks” is an area that contained different historical places, including the Shiliupu Dock, former Jiangsu Customs, old warehouses and a former Japanese military police headquarters. Redeveloped into a recreational area, it now includes restaurants, shops, clubs and art galleries. Combining old and new elements, tradition and modernity, Orient and Occident, the Cool Docks project is a good example of Shanghai’s nature. It has been rated by the Chinese National Tourism Administration as a 3A-level open urban tourist area.
Keywords: Local initiatives, Protection plan
Renewal of former industrial docks
Location: [黄浦区，中山南路505号] No.505 Zhongshan South Road, Huangpu district, Shanghai
Typology: Former industrial docks Scale: 37,772sqm (Total building area) Main Stakeholders: Shanghai Huge Group Co. Ltd. Year: 2009
Located on the Hangpu Shore, “Cool Docks” is an area that contained different historical places, including the Shiliupu Dock, former Jiangsu Customs, old warehouses and a former Japanese military police headquarters. Redeveloped into a recreational area, it now includes restaurants, shops, clubs and art galleries. Combining old and new elements, tradition and modernity, Orient and Occident, the Cool Docks project is a good example of Shanghai’s nature. It has been rated by the Chinese National Tourism Administration as a 3A-level open urban tourist area.
Keywords: Local initiatives, Protection plan