curved urban skatepark set within floating glass volume overlooks shanghai’s skyline

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’

suspended 20 meters above ground, the structure forms a floating glass volume

curved banks and rolling slopes define the space’s movement-driven geometry

continuous surfaces create fluid transitions between skate zones

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Moreprk Skyline functions as both an athletic space and a social platform

 

 

project info:

name: Moreprk Skyline

architects: AAN Architects
lead architects: Junjie Yan, Yuxing Yi

location: Xuhui, Shanghai, China

photographer: Lv Xiaobin 

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edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom