Taopu Retirement Community

2025 / Shanghai

Located in the Taopu Smart City area of Putuo District, Shanghai, this project is a flagship senior care community developed by Guohua Life Insurance after nearly two years of preparation. Currently under construction, its demonstration zone was completed and opened to the public in October 2023.

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As a key supporting facility for the Taopu Intelligent Innovation City project, it involves a total investment of over 700 million yuan with a floor area of merely 13,800 square meters. Its business formats include approximately 27,000 square meters of independent living apartments, assisted living apartments and corresponding senior care supporting facilities. It provides 267 independent living rooms and 96 assisted living beds. Meanwhile, it boasts a 1,000-square-meter community canteen and a community activity center to serve the surrounding residents.

The design team from GN Qicheng put forward the concept of an "Ideal Community" for this senior care project on prime urban land. Drawing on the gardening concept of "skilfully borrowing external scenery and focusing on appropriate scale and layout", the team has rationally planned the spatial arrangement, transforming the community into an exquisite garden that achieves both excellent experience and operational efficiency. As an ideal community capable of accommodating around 500 people, it features a manageable management radius that covers the entire community, facilitating the formation of close social and neighborhood bonds.

The project received the Italian The Plan Award, the World Design Awards' Annual Award (highest honor), and the GHDA Global Habitat Design Award.