Magma Flow

The Shower is a creative, eye-catching installation on the central plaza of Life Hub at Daning in Shanghai, created for the joy and entertainment of kids, families, and youngsters. It is a platform for social interaction and quality outdoor time during the summer, offering an alternative to the traditional plaza concept that catalyzes social dynamics and activates urban space. The design is inspired by summer elements that bring freshness to the plaza, such as the sea, water splashes, summer breeze, surfing, and summer lifestyle in general. To create that summer environmental narrative, the team designed a multifunctional platform with the iconic shapes of waves: stripes waving up and down generate a series of spaces for playing, climbing, sliding, sitting, and lying down. To enhance the water narrative, a playful orange water pipe ends with a huge shower faucet splashing water into the center, giving the illusion that water runs through the pipe. The palette uses four shades of marine blue to represent the waves, contrasting with the vivid orange of the pipe and shower. The installation includes a waving amphitheater facing the plaza stage, climbing ropes, a wide communal slide, a surfing selfie spot, a pipe tunnel, and floor games for children. For people who cannot travel to the seaside that summer, The Shower brings a piece of the coast to Shanghai.