Moreprk Skyline: A vertical urban skate park in Xuhui, Shanghai
Located within Shanghai The Moreprk Skyline skate park in Xuhui District by AAN Architects introduces a new typology for the urban area Sports fields. The project is described as a “three-dimensional theater open to the city” and expands the role of the Skate park beyond recreation and positions it as an active social and architectural interface.
The structure, 20 meters above the ground, appears as a floating glass volume attached to a building facade overlooking the city highway. This floating configuration interprets the skate park as part of the vertical cityscape and not as its ground-level infrastructure.
All images by Lv Xiaobin
AAN Architects reimagines the Shanghai skyline as skate contours
For the design, studio AAN Architects is formally based on the Shanghai skyline and translates its contours into a series of curved banks, gentle slopes and continuous surfaces that enable movement and flow. Fluidity forms the project's main design language, expressed through smooth transitions between planes and edges that support different trajectories of skate and pedestrian activities.
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 skate park as a vertical public space
Located in Shanghai's Xuhui district, the building integrates sport and city life
The skate park is described as a “three-dimensional theater open to the city”.