WUHAN CITYLANE MINI MALL

Co Growing, the all-age wonderland

Situated at the south of WUHAN CITY LANE development as the extension and anchor of the central axis, the two and half floors’ mall is positioned as the family orientated retail space for all ages.

To create the varieties of the streetscape and the contrast to the adjacent tradition style retail precinct, the mall is in modern and minimalist style. The mall’s massing was particularly broken down to have the dialogues with the adjacent retail blocks. With this mall at the end of the development’s axis, the city context and connectives are enhanced.

This development is in single spine circulation connecting the nearby church plaza and city junctions. The simple layouts enhanced the circulation in the district with indoor and outdoor engagements, and offered the logical and robust backdrop for the varieties of the feature spaces.

Internal spaces were carefully arranged to offer multi featured and experimental areas. These feature nodes are like the INTERLOCKING BOXES OF FUN, including bird nest, habitat, passing forest, etc.

Bird nest notion crossed the entire space in different forms. Habitat is the design evoke the curiosity for kids and adults. Passing forest, located at the middle entrance, combined the five-dimension senses. If lucky enough, the hidden bird could be founded when passing the middle entrance.

Roof is also part of the playground with skylights broken down in series of the filet corner triangular shapes. The kids can run around the skylights and maximize the activities to across the entire roofscape, the skylights themselves became part of the playing installation.

At the northwest corner, the semi-open sunken plaza linked to the basement retail and offered the intimate sense of the gathering space, a space with unique ambiences at the busy retail district. The triangular mirror cladding offered the stunning photo taking spot.

This mall design was aim to offer the all-age wonderland. The design believes the learning, exploring and curiosity are bond into humans’ blood. The design was trying to evoke and encourage the co-growing spirit in the wonderland ambiences.