UN Studio designs public installation in Shanghai
UN Studio has designed a shiny installation at the entrance to a Shanghai shopping plaza as part of the RIBA's Shanghai Windows Project 2014.
By Cate St. Hill
All pictures: © Seth Powers
The RIBA's Shanghai Windows Project invited architects to create innovative and thought provoking window displays in shops at the Xintiandi Style Retail Mall.
Located along Madand Road and framing the entrance to the mall, UN Studio's 30m long installation explores the role of display in Shanghai and the relationship between the city's occupants and the urban landscape by using mirrors.
Ben van Berkel, director at UN Studio said: 'The installation is related to the culture of consuming, not with respect only to shopping, but to consuming images: images of our surroundings, of our city, of the buildings and the people around us and, of course, of ourselves.
'We wanted to 'dress up' the public space as it were and to capture the public in this environment, almost in a kaleidoscopic catwalk - a place where you can see and be seen, but in surprising ways and within new perspectives of your surroundings.'