SHOPPING MALLS AND PUBLIC SPACE IN MODERN CHINA Shopping Malls and Public Space in Modern China Nicholas Jewell Associate Director, Ben Adams Architects and Tutor, Queen Mary University, London, England ASHGATE © Nicholas Jewell 2015 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Nicholas Jewell has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Wey Court East Union Road Burlington, VT 05401-3818 Surrey, GU9 7PT England Ashgate Publishing Company 110 Cherry Street Suite 3-1 Burlington, VT 05401-3818 USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Jewell, Nicholas Shopping malls and public space in modern China / By Nicholas Jewell pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-4724-5611-3 (hbk) ISBN 978-1-4724-5612-0 (ebook) ISBN 978-1-4724-5613-7 (epub) Shopping malls China Public spaces China Shopping centers China Planning Social change China I Title HF5430.6.C6J494 2015 381’.110951 dc23 2015011065 ISBN: 9781472456113 (hbk) ISBN: 9781472456120 (ebk-PDF) ISBN: 9781472456137 (ebk-ePUB) Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction A Brief History of Malls Eastern Promises A New Breed The Rub A New Day The City Reified The Bleed Going Down to Chinatown Conclusion Bibliography Index List of Illustrations A Brief History of Malls 1.1 A Parisian arcade in the present day Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.2 Approach road to Brent Cross shopping centre, London Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.3 Approach to Bluewater shopping centre, Greenhithe, Kent Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.4 Mall axis at the Trafford Centre, Manchester Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.5 Bluewater shopping centre, Greenhithe, Kent Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.6 Ibn Battuta shopping mall, Dubai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.7 Evolution of the shopping mall plan form Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.8 The curving axis within the Dubai Mall Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.9 South John Street, Liverpool One Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.10 Future Systems curved faỗade for Selfridges at the Bull Ring, Birmingham Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 1.11 The world’s largest shopping malls by square metres of gross leasable area Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell Eastern Promises 2.1 Golden Mile complex, Singapore Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.2 Mall atrium at People’s Park, Singapore Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.3 Exterior of the People’s Park complex, Singapore Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.4 Hong Kong viewed from the Peak Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.5 Hong Kong’s mid-level escalators which are used to tame its fierce topography Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.6 Interior of the IFC Mall, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.7 High level walkway between shopping malls, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.8 Floorplan of The Landmark, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.9 Mall atrium at The Landmark, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.10 Herzog and de Meuron’s Prada store, Tokyo Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.11 Toyo Itos faỗade for Tods, Tokyo Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.12 Omotesando Hills, Tokyo Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.13 Ramped mall atrium at Omotesando Hills, Tokyo Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 2.14 Stepping base to mall atrium at Omotesando Hills, Tokyo Image courtesy of Craig Hutchinson A New Breed 3.1 Map of Beijing’s major metropolitan area Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.2 Tiananmen Square, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.3 Beijing’s impassable road network Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.4 A typical scene from Beijing’s hutongs Image courtesy of Murray Fraser 3.5 Oriental Plaza, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.6 Golden Resources, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.7 Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.8 Internal signage at Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.9 Piano key amphitheatre at Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.10 Unused open space on Jin Hui Lu, Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.11 Sanlitun Village, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.12 Sanlitun Village South floorplans Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.13 Blurring of boundaries between open space and mall interior at Sanlitun Village, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.14 Tianzifang, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.15 Xintiandi, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.16 Atrium at the Superbrand Mall, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 3.17 Diagram of the three-dimensional movement patterns and tethers within the new breed of Chinese shopping malls Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell The Rub 4.1 Largest 25 shopping malls in the world by gross leasable area in square metres Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.2 Total area in square metres for the largest 25 shopping malls in the world Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.3 Number of operating shop units in the largest 25 shopping malls in the world Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.4 Central plaza at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.5 Internal rollercoaster at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.6 Desolate open area at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.7 Ghostly internal malls at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.8 Empty internal spaces at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.9 Deserted ‘Venetian’ canals at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.10 The empty city of New Ordos in the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 4.11 Ghostly internal malls at the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell A New Day 5.1 Plaza 66 atrium, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.2 Huge scale of Louis Vuitton suitcase at Plaza 66, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.3 Distant view of Louis Vuitton suitcase at Plaza 66, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.4 Sectional diagram illustrating the separate spheres of consumption within Plaza 66 Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.5 The above ground mall at IFC Pudong, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.6 The below ground mall at IFC Pudong, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.7 A sunken plaza dominated by a totemic Apple symbol forms a consumptive hinge at IFC Pudong, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.8 Sectional diagram of IFC Pudong illustrating its separate malls and consumptive hinge Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.9 A two storey Apple sign dominates the low rise street vistas around Sanlitun Village, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 5.10 A two storey Apple sign dominates the main square at Sanlitun Village, Beijing The City Reified 6.1 Qianmen Street, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.2 Nanluoguxiang, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.3 Aggregation of programme at Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.4 Shangdu SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.5 Elements viewed from across Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.6 Huge scale of Elements, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.7 Elements internal floorplans Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.8 Jianwei SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.9 The location of shopping malls in Beijing’s central business district and a kilometre radius of movement around each, illustrating the overlapping segmentarity that reifies their social constructions Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.10 Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 6.11 Xidan Joy City, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell The Bleed 7.1 Atrium at Dongzhimen Raffles City, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 7.2 Shanghai regulations for visiting parks (note the prohibition of ‘mental’ patients) Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 7.3 Shanghai old town Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 7.4 Urban disjuncture, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 7.5 Wangfujing, home to Beijing’s art ‘grifters’ Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 7.6 Cycling in the South China Mall, Dongguan Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell Going Down to Chinatown 8.1 Xintiandi, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.2 Beijing airport terminal Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.3 Bird’s Nest Stadium, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.4 CCTV headquarters, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.5 The ‘Crystal Lotus’ at Dongzhimen Raffles City, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.6 IFC Pudong, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.7 Golden Resources, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.8 Hong Kong Square, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.9 Galaxy SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Murray Fraser 8.10 APM, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.11 Dongzhimen Raffles City, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.12 Sanlitun SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.13 Guanghuala SOHO, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.14 Elements, Hong Kong Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.15 Xidan Joy City, Beijing Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell 8.16 Hong Kong Square, Shanghai Image courtesy of Nicholas Jewell ...SHOPPING MALLS AND PUBLIC SPACE IN MODERN CHINA Shopping Malls and Public Space in Modern China Nicholas Jewell 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