Shanghai Science Hall
Address ： No. 47, Nanchang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
Address ： No. 47, Nanchang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai
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The State Council named it a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on October 7, 2019. Initially built in 1904, the Shanghai Science Hall was made an activity venue for scientists in 1956. The plaque inscribed with the name of the hall at the gate was written by Chen Yi, then mayor of Shanghai. The Shanghai Association for Science and Technology (SAST) was established here in 1958. Ever since, this hall has been the office premises and activity venue of SAST. The hall is a two-story classical building with French Renaissance features and a concrete-wood frame structure. Upon several expansions, it has become a well-spaced red-tile, sloped-roof building that extends for more than 130m in the west-east direction. There are a side corridor and a balcony in the south direction. In the middle is a helmet-shaped hip roof. At the center and two ends are three red-tiled Mansard roofs, each with a dormer. The one at the center has a simplified Baroque pediment pattern, with a round bell embedded in the middle. In between the three sections, there are two sunken sections with a red-tiled hip roof. The remaining intervals are double-slope red-tiled roofs, each with a round dormer. The exterior walls are mostly installed with arched windows. Beneath the eaves are wooden corbels. The large wooden columns and corbels combine with the roofing in a distinctive way. The pebble-decorated exterior walls have peculiar, vivid details. There are a variety of doors, windows and arches. The interior decoration is gorgeous and exquisite. In the lobby, a wide wooden staircase and a fine cast-iron balustrade with the letters CSF (Cercle Sportif Francais) lead upstairs. The arched window by the main landing is decorated with a sheet of largely well-preserved, bright-colored stained glass with lead inlays. This piece of work, magnificent in the sun, was created by the Art Workshop at T'ou-Sè-Wè Orphanage in 1918. The architectural style of the hall is in general elegant and unusually beautiful.
*The above information is subject to the official release by the venue, and this platform is for reference only.
Opening Hours
Not open
Details
The State Council named it a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level on October 7, 2019. Initially built in 1904, the Shanghai Science Hall was made an activity venue for scientists in 1956. The plaque inscribed with the name of the hall at the gate was written by Chen Yi, then mayor of Shanghai. The Shanghai Association for Science and Technology (SAST) was established here in 1958. Ever since, this hall has been the office premises and activity venue of SAST. The hall is a two-story classical building with French Renaissance features and a concrete-wood frame structure. Upon several expansions, it has become a well-spaced red-tile, sloped-roof building that extends for more than 130m in the west-east direction. There are a side corridor and a balcony in the south direction. In the middle is a helmet-shaped hip roof. At the center and two ends are three red-tiled Mansard roofs, each with a dormer. The one at the center has a simplified Baroque pediment pattern, with a round bell embedded in the middle. In between the three sections, there are two sunken sections with a red-tiled hip roof. The remaining intervals are double-slope red-tiled roofs, each with a round dormer. The exterior walls are mostly installed with arched windows. Beneath the eaves are wooden corbels. The large wooden columns and corbels combine with the roofing in a distinctive way. The pebble-decorated exterior walls have peculiar, vivid details. There are a variety of doors, windows and arches. The interior decoration is gorgeous and exquisite. In the lobby, a wide wooden staircase and a fine cast-iron balustrade with the letters CSF (Cercle Sportif Francais) lead upstairs. The arched window by the main landing is decorated with a sheet of largely well-preserved, bright-colored stained glass with lead inlays. This piece of work, magnificent in the sun, was created by the Art Workshop at T'ou-Sè-Wè Orphanage in 1918. The architectural style of the hall is in general elegant and unusually beautiful.
*The above information is subject to the official release by the venue, and this platform is for reference only.
