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Rethinking shopping centers and their function: with this goal in mind, we are looking far beyond Europe - always on the lookout for promising ideas and concepts. One country in focus is China.

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PRISMA Xinjia Center

PRISMA Xinjia Center, the future jewel of downtown Shanghai, spans an impressive 450,000 sqm with a 220,000 sqm mall that will redefine urban experiences.

Bird's-eye view of a large city at dusk, with a brightly lit building in the centre as a striking eye-catcher.

Inspired by the concept of a "wonder planet" and an innovative "anti-mall", technology and nature merge harmoniously to create a unique "third space" that invites you to explore beyond the ordinary. Opening in 2026, it promises a journey into the future of retail. The forward-looking vision of the Project is reflected in its design, which combines the story of a "wonder planet" with an innovative "anti-mall" concept: This unique space invites visitors to experience the harmony between technology and nature, offering a shopping experience that goes beyond the ordinary by integrating a distinctive "third space". "There is great anticipation for the opening at the end of 2025.

We are excellent

The PropertyGuru Awards represent the pinnacle of recognition in the Asia-Pacific real estate sector, while the GBE Awards celebrate transformative designs that are shaping the future of urban living. These awards highlight the Project's innovative vision and commitment to excellence.

  • PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards: Gold for Commercial Complex Interior Design and Outstanding Architectural Design.
  • GBE Commercial & Office Building Awards 2024: Gold for Best Commercial Building Complex.

ECE in China

In 2013, a team from our Architecture and Construction division set off for China with the original aim of gaining new experience and knowledge in this dynamic market. Parallel to rapid urban growth, there is an immense need for supply infrastructure there, including in the form of malls, which function like small districts as part of the urban space. What began with exchanges with well-known Chinese players and shopping center developers such as "Vanke" and "Longfor" soon led to the first planning and implementation orders for our ECE architects.

Foundation of ECE Shanghai CO, LDT.

In order to meet the rapidly increasing order situation, we founded our own company in China in 2019 - ECE Shanghai Co., Ltd., in which an internationally experienced team of ECE architects and Chinese "young talents" now provide planning services for more than 60 shopping centers. Special features include interior design and storytelling.

Our ambitious goals

With this guiding principle and its realization, "ECE Shanghai Co., Ltd." as an international design service provider is already one of the top five shopping center designers in China. Our long-term goal is to establish ourselves among the top five - and to support numerous other Chinese shopping center developers and investors with our many years of expertise in the conception, planning stage and design of shopping centers and to incorporate the knowledge gained there into our European shopping centers - always with the aim of achieving the greatest possible attractiveness for the customers in the centers.

When points of sales become points of experience

With unusual concepts and surprising offers, the Chinese malls form an integral part of the city as third places. The centers developed by ECE Shanghai Co, Ltd. create a unique character as a brand that appeals to the city's residents: from the flower-like design of the atriums in the "Longfor Paradise Walk" as a reminiscence of the flower poems typical of the city of Chengdu to the tree house treasure hunt for visitors in the "Qibao Vanke Plaza" - "Points of Sales" become "Points of Experiences", which, in addition to a wide range of shopping and Gastronomy offers, impress above all with entertainment and edutainment offers. The centers are thus points of contact for different needs - true to the motto: "One stop, all done."

Further information and the latest news about our work in China:

A brief insight into our work

Impressions China

12

centers opened in the last ten years

62

Center as a planning service provider

Top 5

Shopping center designer in China

View of a shopping centre from the outside with a curved architectural style.

Vanke Qibao Shopping center, Shanghai China

View of a shopping arcade with boutiques and lots of people.

Longfor Minhang Paradise Walk, Shanghai China

View of a large white boat on the water, with several high-rises towering in the background.

Vanke Songjiang Incity, Shanghai China

View of a large street in the foreground and a large shopping centre building behind it.

Vanke Songjiang Incity, Shanghai China

View of an extraordinary high-rise building in the city of Shanghai.

BDT City Complex, Shanghai China

View of a modern mall with unusually designed display windows and lots of people.

City Complex, Shenzhen China

A bright, contemporary designed mall with numerous visitors.

Longfor Jinsha Paradise Walk, Chongqing China

A modern shopping centre with exciting architecture, through whose glass roof warm sunlight illuminates the interior.

Longfor Minhang Paradise Walk, Shanghai China

View inside a brightly coloured shopping centre with special architectural features, light wood panelling and sunlight streaming through the glass roof.

Longfor Xichen Paradise Walk, Chengdu China

A busy street with a view of a large shopping centre in the middle.

Vanke Jiading Incity, Shanghai China

View from above of an architecturally striking mall surrounded by greenery.

Vanke Tianfu Finance Center, Chengdu China

The eye first falls on a street in the foreground, which leads into a water feature in the centre of the picture - framed by two modern buildings on either side.

Jufeng Road City Complex, Shanghai China

View of the brightly lit entrance area of a shopping centre with a Chinese-language logo on the façade, under which the words 'Paradise Walk' can be read.

SOL 9 Street Project, Wuhan China

Bird's eye view of a huge building with green spaces and other fit-outs.

COFCO Joycity, Chengdu China

A building with a modern glass façade that gleams in the sun.

COFCO Joycity, Shenzhen China

A bright, contemporary designed mall with numerous visitors.

Longfor Lize Paradise Walk, Beijing City

Interior view of a mall with relaxed visitors in seating areas and lush planting that creates a green atmosphere.

Crland Pukou Project, Nanjing China

A collage of three images, showing a historic brick building with modern "9 Street" branding.

Crland Pukou Project, Nanjing China

The interior of a mall with a modern design, flooded with sunlight shining through a glass roof.

COLI Zhenru Shopping Center, Shanghai China

Scene from the outdoor area of a busy shopping centre, characterised by hustle and bustle and a strikingly illuminated pillar.

Longfor Jinsha Paradise Walk, Chongqing China

Bird's eye view of a modern building complex with special architectural features and a roof with a green area and pool.

City Complex, Shenzhen China

An open-plan, modern mall with curved shapes, lush greenery and glass façades that harmoniously combines urban design with natural surroundings.

Crland Hengqin City Complex, Zhuhai China

Bird's eye view of a modern shopping area with striking roofs in the midst of green surroundings.

SOL Optics Valley B89, Wuhan China

An elegant, modern designed mall with eye-catching arches of light, lush planting and a few people.

Longfor Minhang Paradise Walk, Shanghai China

Interior view of a mall with a striking red escalator and a modern white interior.

Crland Shopping Center, Nanchang China

Evening street scene in front of a brightly lit shopping centre with large areas of LED façades amidst an urban backdrop of high-rise buildings.

SOL Optics Valley B89, Wuhan China

Interior view of a room with mirrors and washbasin, the wall of which is designed in brown and white.

COFCO Joycity, Shenzhen China

View of a landscaped outdoor area with pink lotus flowers and modern hanging chairs in which some people are sitting.

Longfor Times E, Chongqing China

Elevation of the entrance to a shopping centre with curved architecture.

COFCO Joycity, Shenzhen China

Drawing of a shopping centre area with plants and plenty of seating.

Jufeng Road City Complex, Shanghai China