Historic Preservation & Urban Regeneration in Shanghai's Old Town

This is a unique planning project that works between historic preservation and targeted transit-oriented development in the historic Old Town District of Shanghai, China. I helped the data collection, cleaning, diagram development, presentation as well as organizing materials for award application. This project won the Congress of New Urbanism Award in 2019.

*All images are accredited to SOM.

Mapping the Existing Retail Typologies.

Managing Traffic in Strategic Pedestrian-oriented Zones.

A Mixed Strategy for Infilling New Development into Historic Neighborhoods with Key Alleys Throughly Preserved.

Proposed New Streets with the "Inner Loop" tramway.

A dynamic and diverse mix of retail types can be hosted along the historic alleys, adding to the district's sense of place and attractiveness.

Interested to learn more? Feel free to connect me at wenhaowu92@gmail.com!