Chan Krieger Sieniewicz Wins International Competition

In anticipation of the 2010 EXPO, the planning agencies of the City of Shanghai launched a competition for the design of the Bund waterfront on the Huangpu River. In May 2007, the city of Shanghai invited ten firms from countries including the United States, China, Germany, and Australia to create a master plan for the redevelopment of the historic waterfront. In the second phase of the competition, four firms were invited to develop schemes. Chan Krieger Sieniewicz (CKS) was voted first by the jury from among the international finalists. The CKS design team, together with Klopfer Martin Design Group and Beijing Urbanscape Co., produced a scheme connecting the historic Bund area to the River – and beyond to skyline views of the towering developments in the Pudong district of Shanghai – via an urban park system atop the levee that currently serves more as a barrier between the river and the city than a link.