7 OCTOBER 2026 · UPDATED 23 OCTOBER 2026 · ART / BOTANICALS

Shanghai: over 380,000 LEGO® Botanicals elements on the West Bund

The wave of LEGO® flowers at the Bloom Exhibition outside Tank Shanghai

At Tank Shanghai on the West Bund, the LEGO® Bloom Exhibition takes Botanicals beyond the home: more than 380,000 LEGO® Botanicals elements form a 30-metre wave covering around 800 m², appearing to spill from a former industrial oil tank.

Updated 23 October 2026. The new LEGO® release specifies that 380,000 refers to Botanicals elements, not complete flowers. More than 229,000 visitors have attended since the 1 October opening. We have corrected the figure reported in the original article.

From flowers to an installation

The exhibition includes 18 artist collaborations, immersive 360-degree screens and activities where visitors build flowers and add them to a digital landscape. Shanghai International Light Festival projections accompany the event from 28 September to 7 October.

The exhibition runs until 29 October 2026, confirmed by the city’s official events calendar.

For AFOLs, the interest lies in the change of scale: models normally displayed on a table become part of an urban landscape. The contrast with the industrial architecture gives this approach a distinctive identity.

Update: LEGO® Newsroom, 23 October 2026
Source: LEGO® Group press release dated 29 September 2026, distributed by PR Newswire
Official Shanghai city events calendar
Installation photo gallery — SmartShanghai