The main attraction at the Shanghai Urban Planning
Exhibition Center (fig.) is
a large scale model of the downtown area of Central Shanghai.
This giant 600 meterē model represents 110 kmē of the city, within the Inner
Ring Road, at a ratio of 1:500.
Shanghai Urban Planning
Exhibition Center
Shanghai Urban Planning
Exhibition Center
Hence, this so-called Window on
Shanghai represents just a fraction of the 7,037 kmē of
the municipality's total area.
From an opening in the floor of the next level, one can have an areal view, and
now and then the exhibition hall is dimmed while the display illuminates.