{"id":747530,"date":"2026-06-19T21:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:50:21","slug":"steel-spiral-staircase-reorganizes-circulation-in-old-shanghai-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747530\/","title":{"rendered":"steel spiral staircase reorganizes circulation in old shanghai house"},"content":{"rendered":"

A STEEL SPIRAL staircase REDEFINES A 100-YEAR-OLD HOUSE IN SHANGHAI<\/p>\n

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Designed by Uchida Shanghai \/ Mitsuhiro Shoji<\/a>, this renovation<\/a> transforms a 100-year-old house<\/a> on Yu Yuan Road in Shanghai<\/a> through a central architectural intervention that restores daylight, ventilation, and spatial continuity. The project reconsiders the relationship between circulation and domestic life while preserving the character of the century-old residence.<\/p>\n

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Over time, successive alterations had enclosed the original light garden to increase interior floor area, resulting in a dark, poorly ventilated layout. The renovation addresses these conditions by introducing a sculptural spiral staircase<\/a> at the center of the house. Fabricated from bent steel<\/a> plate, the irregular spiral functions as both a circulation element and the primary organizing feature of the interior<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Positioned beneath a renewed opening, the staircase allows daylight to penetrate deep into the house while encouraging natural ventilation throughout the living spaces. The intervention transforms the former stairwell into a vertical void that connects floors through light, air, and movement, establishing a new spatial relationship between the different levels of the residence.<\/p>\n

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all images by Eiichi Kano<\/a><\/p>\n

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The new construction integrates steel, bamboo, and concrete<\/p>\n

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The project by Uchida Shanghai, led by\u00a0architect<\/a> Mitsuhiro Shoji, responds to the surrounding historic neighborhood while introducing a contemporary architectural layer within the existing structure. Rather than restoring the house to a previous state, the design retains existing elements and combines them with a restrained material palette and carefully integrated new construction.<\/p>\n

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Traditional local materials, passive ventilation strategies, daylight, and the reuse of existing components contribute to the renovation\u2019s environmental performance. Through a limited number of architectural interventions, the project redefines the interior organization of the house while maintaining its connection to the urban fabric and the history of the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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the renovation centers on a sculptural spiral staircase that brings daylight and ventilation into the house<\/p>\n

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the project reconsiders circulation within the structure of a century-old residence<\/p>\n

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successive alterations had gradually enclosed the original light garden<\/p>\n

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the staircase is fabricated from bent steel plate<\/p>\n

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existing architectural elements are retained and reconfigured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A STEEL SPIRAL staircase REDEFINES A 100-YEAR-OLD HOUSE IN SHANGHAI \u00a0 Designed by Uchida Shanghai \/ Mitsuhiro Shoji,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[18684,449,458,459,64,63,460,134,4340,462,66009,3813,359296],"class_list":["post-747530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-shanghai","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-renovation-and-restoration-architecture-and-design","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-spiral-staircases","tag-steel-architecture-and-design","tag-uchida-shanghai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}