Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall

Ever fancied of watching future? You fancy of time travel may very well turn into reality without the aid of time machine if you visit the Urban Planning Exhibition Hall in Shanghai.

The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall is sprawled across five floors. The models in these floors bear testimony to the ambitious plans of the Shanghai engineers. A miniature model of this vibrant modern Chinese city is exhibited in the middle of the third floor of this museum. The Shanghai city map clearly marks out the districts which are to be cleared out for future constructions. You can see this map on your way to the second floor.

However the most interesting model is located on another floor. The model of futuristic Shanghai is not merely a vision of the artists. The engineers have been trying to actually turn that model into reality within a couple of decades.

The ground floor however houses the replica of old Shanghai with traditional Chinese buildings and narrow streets. Street rickshaws and old models of vehicles on the streets are also authentically represented in miniature models. The Chinese architectural hallmarks like teahouses and operating shops with the typical Chinese gates look quite realistic.