上海超级地铁：基础设施的文化蜕变
Shanghai Super Tube: The Cultural Metamorphosis of Infrastructure
Special Mention by the LILA 2024 Jury
作为一个大都市，上海面临着公共空间数量不足和质量低下的双重挑战，以及人口对高质量公共空间日益增长的需求，所有这些都受到人口密度高和环境资源有限的限制。为了应对这些挑战，上海积极实施城市更新，[…]
As a large metropolis, Shanghai faces the dual challenge of inadequate quantity and low quality of public spaces, as well as the increasing demand for high-quality public spaces from the population, all within the constraints of high population density and limited environmental resources. In order to address these challenges, Shanghai has actively implemented urban renewal, […]
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作为一个大都市，上海面临着公共空间数量不足和质量低下的双重挑战，以及人口对高质量公共空间日益增长的需求，所有这些都受到人口密度高和环境资源有限的限制。为了应对这些挑战，上海积极实施城市更新，从增量建设转向改善现有基础设施。它侧重于以前被忽视的“桥下空间”，通过改造和更新有效利用和振兴桥下的灰色空间，以满足市民的需求并激活空间。上海的这些探索性实践可以为全球大都市高密度空间的发展提供示范性的指导和解决方案。他们还将为全球大都市的未来发展贡献发展经验和创新知识。
As a large metropolis, Shanghai faces the dual challenge of inadequate quantity and low quality of public spaces, as well as the increasing demand for high-quality public spaces from the population, all within the constraints of high population density and limited environmental resources. In order to address these challenges, Shanghai has actively implemented urban renewal, shifting from incremental construction to improving existing infrastructure. It focuses on the previously neglected “space under the bridge,” effectively utilizing and revitalizing the gray space under bridges through renovation and updates to meet the needs of citizens and activate the space. These exploratory practices in Shanghai can provide exemplary guidance and solutions for the development of high-density spaces in global metropolises. They will also contribute to the development experience and innovative knowledge for the future development of global metropolises.
上海超级地铁是我们在苏州河大桥下特别改造的公共通道空间。总装修面积约1880平方米。虽然它刚刚在2024年元旦开放，但它已经成为年轻人必去的地方之一。该项目为桥下通道空间，位于上海市中心长宁区东侧两条主要道路的交叉口，曹杨主交通桥下方。它是长宁区苏州河下休闲文化带的第一个基础设施设计节点，也是通往上海长宁、静安和普陀三大行政区的门户。
Shanghai Super Tube is a public passage space that we specially transformed under the bridge of Suzhou River. The total renovation area is about 1880 square meters. Although it just opened on New Year’s Day 2024, it has already become one of the must-visit places for young people. The project is a passage space under the bridge, located at the intersection of two main roads on the east side of Changning District in downtown Shanghai, underneath the main traffic bridge Cao Yang. It is the first infrastructure design node of the leisure and cultural belt under the Suzhou River in Changning District and also serves as the gateway to the three major administrative districts of Changning, Jing’an, and Putuo in Shanghai.
作为桥下的空间，该场地多年来一直处于封闭状态，周围建有围墙，导致行人和车辆混合通行，交通不便，存在安全隐患。此外，场地顶部被桥梁覆盖，净空高度低，给人一种压迫感和封闭感，缺乏亮点，难以吸引人气。另一方面，苏州河作为上海的母亲河，有着悠久的文化历史，是上海人民具有巨大社会价值的文化象征。自20世纪80年代以来，苏州河大桥下的空间一直是周边社区的信息交流中心和商品交易中心。然而，改造前的遗址逐渐失去了苏州河沿岸传统社区文化的印记。
As a space under the bridge, the site has been closed for many years, with surrounding walls built around it, resulting in mixed traffic of pedestrians and vehicles and inconvenient transportation, as well as safety hazards. In addition, the top of the site is covered by the bridge, with a low clearance height, creating a sense of oppression and closure, lacking highlights, and difficult to attract popularity. On the other hand, the Suzhou River, as the mother river of Shanghai, has a very long history of culture and is a cultural symbol of great social value for the people of Shanghai. The space under the bridges along the Suzhou River has served as the information exchange center and commodity trade center for surrounding communities since the 1980s. However, the site before the renovation gradually lost the imprint of traditional community culture along the Suzhou River.
基于此，此次改造的目的不仅是为日常出行提供便利的交通，也是为了融入当地的文化氛围，实现基础设施的文化蜕变，在苏州河畔创造一个适合各年龄段人群的慢行空间。设计团队从留在现场的黄色市政燃气管道中汲取灵感，巧妙地将“管道”和“颜色”结合起来，突破了这个问题。前者是苏州河沿岸乃至近代上海工业史的代表性元素，而后者则是改变桥下空间阴暗氛围的最佳选择。
Based on this, the purpose of this transformation is not only to provide convenient transportation for daily travel but also to integrate local cultural atmosphere, achieve the cultural metamorphosis of infrastructure, and create a slow walking space on the banks of the Suzhou River that is friendly for people of all ages. Taking inspiration from a yellow municipal gas pipe that remained on-site, the design team used the combination of “pipes” and “colors” as a clever way to break through the problem. The former is a representative element of the industrial history along the Suzhou River and even in modern Shanghai, while the latter is the best choice to change the shady and gloomy atmosphere of the space under the bridge.
1。功能集成的现场基础设施
城市基础设施建设往往具有较高的工程专业性和功能特异性，但它与日常生活中高质量城市空间的建设没有直接联系。原址仅作为单一功能的交通基础设施。改造设计侧重于释放基础设施的空间模糊性，通过重叠城市公共服务来构建“现场基础设施”，以促进高质量城市公共空间的建设。翻新后的上海超级地铁打开了墙壁，用高度饱和的艺术涂鸦激活了灰色空间，并将其改造成一个独特的门户展示空间，与中山公园和88商业广场沿长宁区主干道形成了一个连续的步行节点。设计团队与业主合作，在现场规划了一系列社区商业服务，如咖啡馆、时尚餐厅、便利店等，这不仅刺激了周边社区的经济增长，还促进了社区的活力，增加了居民日常使用的便利性，增强了他们的幸福感。这种将公共服务与城市基础设施叠加的新形式，实现了对城市基础设施转型和更新新模式的探索。
1. Functionally integrated field infrastructure.
Urban infrastructure construction often has high engineering professionalism and functional specificity, but it fails to directly link with the construction of high-quality urban spaces in daily life. The original site only served as transportation infrastructure with a single function. The transformation design focuses on releasing the spatial ambiguity of infrastructure and constructing “field infrastructure” by overlapping urban public services, in order to promote the construction of high-quality urban public spaces. The renovated Shanghai Super Tube opens its walls, activates the gray space with highly saturated art graffiti, and transforms it into a distinctive gateway showcase space, forming a continuous pedestrian node along the main road of Changning District with Zhongshan Park and 88 Commercial Plaza. The design team cooperated with the owners to plan a series of community commercial services on the site, such as cafes, trendy restaurants, convenience stores, etc., which not only stimulate the economic growth of the surrounding community but also promote community vitality, increase convenience for residents’ daily use, and enhance their sense of happiness. This new form of overlaying public services with urban infrastructure realizes the exploration of a new model for urban infrastructure transformation and renewal.
2。当“孟菲斯”遇到工业记忆
为了在上海苏州河沿岸社区重现工厂生活的印记，设计团队专门购买了一批废弃的工业管道，并将其改造成安全围栏、座椅和令人惊讶的小节点。桥下的空间用弯曲的钢板包裹，安全监控用彩色钢管装饰，非机动车护栏用黄色圆柱体代替。“管道”元素成为现场无处不在的设计词汇，这些元素不仅具有雕塑感和功能性，还向上海工业历史的轮廓致敬，如储罐、油漆罐、啤酒桶和真空管。这款大型跷跷板设计有工业元素和巧妙包裹在圣诞色喷涂钢管中的闭路电视摄像头，自开业以来一直受到各个年龄段用户的喜爱。大胆的色彩设计是在有限条件下改变场地原有昏暗氛围的关键技术。当设计团队用工业记忆符号包装管道时，他们使用了几何图案和明亮的颜色。这些图案所形成的戏剧性艺术效果向永恒的经典“孟菲斯风格”致敬，它代表了我们希望通过我们的工作传达给用户的大胆想象、打破常规和无所畏惧的乐观态度。我们不仅在丰富多彩的涂鸦上付出了很多努力，还将各种文字与涂鸦相结合，包括上海俚语、项目标志、长宁和普陀区的身份证号码、工业厂房的重要名称以及精心保存的工厂标语。文本的设计还满足了年轻人办理登机手续的需求，并为他们的照片分享活动提供了空间和材料。粗糙的工业管道和当地方言的语言涂鸦也产生了不同的效果。人行通道的地面有特殊的图案，当印在地面上时，会打乱和重新排列英文单词“SHANGHAI”、“SUZHOU RIVER”和“INDUSTRY”，形成创意节点。
2. When “Memphis” meets industrial memories.
To recreate the imprint of factory life in the communities along the Suzhou River in Shanghai, the design team specially purchased a batch of discarded industrial pipelines and transformed them into safety fences, seats, and surprising small nodes in the site. The space under the bridge was wrapped with curved steel plates, security monitoring was decorated with colored steel pipes, and non-motorized vehicle barriers were replaced with yellow cylinders. The element of “pipeline” becomes an ubiquitous design vocabulary in the site, and these elements not only have a sculptural sense and functionality but also pay tribute to the silhouette of Shanghai’s industrial history, such as storage tanks, paint cans, beer barrels, and vacuum tubes. The large-scale seesaw designed with industrial elements and CCTV cameras cleverly wrapped in Christmas-colored sprayed steel pipes have been loved by users of all ages since their opening. Bold color design is a key technique to change the original dim atmosphere of the site under limited conditions. When the design team packaged the pipes with industrial memory symbolism, they used geometric patterns and bright colors. The dramatic artistic effect formed by these patterns pays tribute to the timeless classic “Memphis style”, which represents the attitude of daring imagination, breaking conventions, and fearless optimism that we hope to convey to users through our work. We not only put a lot of effort into colorful graffiti but also combined various texts with graffiti, including Shanghai slang, project logos, ID codes of Changning and Putuo districts, important names of industrial plants, and deliberately preserved factory slogans. The design of the texts also caters to the needs of young people to check in and provides them with space and materials for their photo-sharing activities. The rough industrial pipelines and language graffiti in local dialects also create different effects. The ground of the pedestrian passage has special patterns, which disrupt and rearrange the English words “SHANGHAI”, “SUZHOU RIVER”, and “INDUSTRY” to form creative nodes when imprinted on the ground.
3。年轻人自由表演的舞台
通过安装色彩和涂鸦，管道、座椅和围栏等元素装饰、填充和重新划分空间，与耀眼的灯光相结合，增加了空间的互动性和可识别性，同时也将桥下的黑暗空间变成了一个公共舞台。年轻人在这里表演各种形式的即兴表演，如街舞、街头乐队、滑板和戏剧。这个独特的网站为年轻人带来了无限的灵感，为他们提供了一个自由而多功能的空间来展示自己、释放自己、挥洒青春的汗水，创造了一个越来越受欢迎和充满活力的积极循环，成为培养艺术的沃土。
3. A stage for young people’s free-style performances.
With the installation of colors and graffiti, elements such as pipes, seats, and fences embellish, fill, and redivide the space, and the combination with dazzling lights increases the interactivity and recognizability of the space, while also transforming the dark space under the bridge into a public stage. Young people perform various forms of improvisation here, such as street dance, street bands, skateboarding, and theater. The distinctive site brings unlimited inspiration to young people and provides them with a free and versatile space to showcase themselves, unleash themselves, and sweat their youth, creating a positive cycle of increasing popularity and vitality, and becoming a fertile ground for nurturing art.
“上海是我长大的地方，带着我所有的感情，第一次敬酒，第一次恋爱，在永远纯真的时代……”
“Shanghai is where I grew up, with all my feelings, the first toast, the first love, in the age of eternal innocence ……”
The nostalgic tune of Lippo Beer’s advertisement, “Reasons to Like Shanghai,” resonates deeply with countless Shanghainese, evoking memories of childhood and the city’s industrial heritage. By adorning the wall with the title of this beloved song, our aim is to reignite a sense of connection to Shanghai’s past while inspiring a renewed appreciation for the city’s vibrant present.
Project Data
景观设计：FISH DESIGN
参与设计的建筑事务所：同济大学ECO-SMART实验室、FISH ART实验室
瑞桥土木工程咨询有限公司
地点：中国上海市长宁区江苏北路与万航渡路交叉口
设计年份：2023年
完成年份：2024年
Landscape architecture: FISH DESIGN
Architecture offices involved in the design:
ECO-SMART LAB of Tongji University, FISH ART LAB
RUIQIAO CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CO.LTD
Location: Intersection of North Jiangsu Road and Wanhangdu Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China
Design year: 2023
Year Completed: 2024
