OMA, in collaboration with local architects ECADI and landscape architects West 8, has developed a new mixed-use masterplan for Columbia Circle in the center of Shanghai. Layered with rich history, the site contains preserved colonial monuments, former industrial buildings and 1920?s country club buildings by architect Elliott Hazzard ? these elements will be renewed and transformed by the master plan to return Columbia Circle into one of Shanghai?s most prominent public spaces.

Photograph by Frans Parthesius, Courtesy of OMA

OMA, in collaboration with local architects ECADI and landscape architects West 8, has developed a new mixed-use masterplan for Columbia Circle in the center of Shanghai. Layered with rich history, the site contains preserved colonial monuments, former industrial buildings and 1920?s country club buildings by architect Elliott Hazzard ? these elements will be renewed and transformed by the master plan to return Columbia Circle into one of Shanghai?s most prominent public spaces.
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Among the existing buildings on the 4.7 hectare site is the Columbia Country Club, designed by Hazzard for the prewar American elite society and including a clubhouse, gym and outdoor pool. Also on site are a villa designed by Hungarian architect László Hudec in 1930, three Spanish Colonial Revival Style monuments and nearly 40 additional structures built between 1950 and 2000, creating an eclectic mix of program and styles.

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