Shanghai Pudong — Supertall Density from Drone
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Shanghai’s Pudong financial district photographed from 500 metres at dusk — the supertall cluster including the Shanghai Tower, World Financial Center, and Jin Mao Tower creating Asia’s most distinctive vertical skyline profile against the Huangpu River.
Description
Shanghai’s Pudong skyline represents the most concentrated cluster of supertall buildings in the world — the Shanghai Tower (632m), the Shanghai World Financial Center (492m), and the Jin Mao Tower (421m) within 500 metres of each other, creating a vertical density unmatched in any other urban district globally. The aerial perspective at 500 metres places the camera at approximately the mid-height of the Shanghai Tower, creating a perspective that shows the three towers in vertical elevation context against the Huangpu River and the historic Bund district on the western bank. This photograph was made at dusk when the blue-hour sky creates maximum contrast with the towers’ illuminated facades, the Huangpu River reflecting both the Pudong towers and the Bund’s colonial-era buildings in a single reflective surface. The density of the surrounding mid-rise Pudong development below the supertall cluster communicates the extraordinary vertical scale differential.
