Heatherwick Studio has released the design for an in-construction public exhibition hall in Shanghai. The site is located in the West Bund section of the city (which is south of what is generally referred to as the Bund), which has been growing as an arts district since it hosted the Shanghai 2010 World Expo. The exhibition hall is located directly across from the site where the firm’s Seed Cathedral was exhibited at the U.K. Pavilion in the 2010 Expo. In December 2022, Heatherwick Studio opened a Shanghai office in its 1000 Trees building.
According the firm, West Bund Orbit aims to serve as the
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