7.8.2014
Shangai International Cruise Terminal, in China
The Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal encompasses a massive 630 thousand square foot site in the very center of the bustling metropolis of Shanghai.
It was built beneath a public park that forms its roof, thus conserving precious land for green, public use. An 80 meters-long glass observation bubble floats on several steel legs above the park, providing spectacular city views. It is the largest and most complex bubble structure ever built.
The three levels of the terminal effectively constitute an upside down airport layout. Three boarding pavilions connected by underground moving sidewalks to the main terminal stretch for a kilometer along a waterfront wharf. Each of them have the capacity to dock three 240 meters boats simultaneously.