The Shower

The Shower is a creative and 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, and serving as a platform for social interaction and quality outdoor time during summer. As a public-space project, it offers an alternative to the traditional plaza concept, catalyzing social dynamics and activating urban space. It is inspired by summer elements that bring freshness to the plaza: the sea, water splashes, summer breeze, surfing, and summer lifestyle in general. To create that summer narrative, the team designed a multifunctional platform with iconic wave shapes: stripes waving up and down generate a series of spaces for playing, climbing, sliding, sitting, and lying down. To enhance the water story, 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 vividly with the orange pipe and shower. The installation includes a waving amphitheater facing the plaza stage, climbing ropes, a wide communal slide for several people at once, a surfing selfie spot, a pipe tunnel, and floor games for children. With many people unable to travel to seaside destinations that summer, The Shower brings a piece of the coast to Shanghai.