Moreprk Skyline: A Vertical urban Skatepark in Xuhui, Shanghai
Located within Shanghai’s Xuhui district, Moreprk Skyline skatepark by AAN Architects introduces a new typology for urban sports spaces. Described as a ‘three-dimensional theater open to the city,’ the project expands the role of the skatepark beyond recreation, positioning it as an active social and architectural interface.
Elevated 20 meters above ground, the structure appears as a floating glass volume attached to a building facade overlooking the city’s highway. This suspended configuration reinterprets the skatepark as part of the vertical cityscape rather than its ground-level infrastructure.
all images by Lv Xiaobin
AAN Architects reimagines Shanghai’s skyline as skate contours
For the design, studio AAN Architects takes formal cues from Shanghai’s skyline, translating its contours into a series of curved banks, rolling slopes, and continuous surfaces that accommodate movement and flow. Fluidity forms the project’s main design language, expressed through fluid transitions between planes and edges that support various trajectories of skate and pedestrian activity.
Through this integration of form, structure, and movement, Moreprk Skyline explores how architectural design can transform urban sports facilities into spatial frameworks for interaction, visibility, and community engagement.
the project by AAN Architects redefines the skatepark as a vertical public space
located in Shanghai’s Xuhui district, the structure integrates sport and city life
the skatepark is described as a ‘three-dimensional theater open to the city’