Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center

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The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (Chinese: 上海城市规划展览馆; Pinyin: Shànghǎi Chéngshì Guīhuà Zhǎnlǎn Guǎn) is located on People's Square, Shanghai, China, adjacent to the municipal government building.

The Exhibition Center is a six-story building, with two basement levels, which displays Shanghai's urban planning and development. Exhibitions include models of planned and recent developments, as well as Shanghai's history.

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The building was designed by architect Ling Benli of the East China Architecture Design & Research Institute (ECADI), as a harmonious balance to the Grand Theatre. The Exhibition Center is 43m high, has a white aluminium panel cladding and a symbolic membrane structure roof.^[1]

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Monument in the lobby of the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center, including symbols of Shanghai's modernization

The centerpiece of the exhibition is a huge scale model of the city of Shanghai, showing all existing and approved buildings. Visitors can view the model from alongside or ascend to a gallery running around it for views from above.

The model is intended to represent the entire city, including all planned developments. However, a few support pillars penetrate the scale model. This means certain areas are missing from the model, and some views of the model are obscured by the columns.

Alongside the model is a small theatre room housing a 360° screen. The room plays a video giving the impression the viewer is flying through the Shanghai of the future, viewing notable locations including some of the Shanghai Expo 2010 pavilions.