Hangzhou Xintiandi Factory H / Serie Architects

In an adaptive re-use project, Serie Architects, Grimshaw of London and Pysall Ruge Arkitekten of Berlin
were asked to renovate four factories in Hangzhou that would form a new urban core for the city center.
For Series factory, the firm decided to preserve the unique16 ft tall main hall of the factory and to
accentuate the industrial drama of this massive void by restoring the concrete truss roof structure and by
bringing additional light down through a newly glazed lantern. The design truly feeds upon the existing
conditions, as the newer programs are situated on a large plinth, respecting the historic presence of the
factory.
More about the project after the break.
With the main space of the hall preserved, the additional programs are organized around the factory. In
one sense it frames the factory, in another sense is serves as a pedestal above which we come face to
face with the factory, explained the architects.
The plinth serves to punctuate the factory as the anchor for the masterplan, with surrounding buildings
many times its density. The plinths surface is an undulating landscape with scattered green patios and
water bodies to add more natural side to the project.
As seen on designboom.
project info:
use: adaptive re-use of factory to commercial and offices
location: hangzhou, china
total area: 8,040 sqm
design team: chris lee, kapil gupta, bolam lee, martin jameson, sun qin, yifan liu, kevin hung,
charlotte sue and amit arya
date: may 2010 ongoing, construction expected jan 2011.
models: joseph halligan and michelle young
model photography: chris lee and michelle young

http://www.archdaily.com/83017/hangzhou-xintiandi-factory-h-serie-architects/

Xintiandi Factory

This is a project by Peter Ruge Architekten + DBH Stadtplanungs and it is

located atHangzhou, Zheijang, China. It was submitted to Architecture News Plus
(ANP) by Peter Ruge Architekten. Project's program: Renovation and
reconstruction of an old cast iron workshop into a multi-functional modern
complex for shopping, offices and HOTEL IN order to maximize the
preservation of the industrial heritage. There are seventeen images for
Xintiandi Factory.

Project details
PROJECT NAME

Xintiandi Factory

LOCATION

Hangzhou, Zheijang, China

PROGRAM

Renovation and reconstruction of an old cast iron workshop into a multi-functional modern complex
for shopping, offices and HOTEL IN

order to maximize the preservation of the industrial heritage

AREA

Plot area: 8,100 m2 Gross Floor Area: 17,900 m2

YEAR

Project year: 2010-2011 Completion: 2013 (estimated)

CLIENT

Hangzhou New Land Group

PROJECT BY

Peter Ruge Architekten + DBH Stadtplanungs

TEAM

Pysall Ruge Architekten Team: Peter Ruge, Matthias Matschewski, Hysook Ahn, Alexander Andrejew,
Byoung Gil Jung, Lucas Gray, Tatjana Sinelnikova, Maria Katschalova

Designer's statement
The site is the historical Hangzhou Machine factory, the building concept aims to create a harmony of the
sites inherent industrial character with a modern interior aesthetic.
The Xintiandi old factory will be renovated into a high quality building with a combination of functions
including offices, retail, HOTEL AND multi-purpose area.
It plays a most important role in our design proposal to maintain the existing industrial structure and
characteristics as much as possible. In order to accomplish the transition of the interior structure all the
new spaces distributed across the four floors are organized along the exterior elevation, while in the
central area of the architecture, a capacious space is retained. The length of the space is equal to the
existing fabric on the horizontal level. In elevation it extends throughout all the floors. The beautiful steel
roof frame structure will be retained and encased by a new glass roof, flooding the space with natural light
and forming a connection between the buildings interior and exterior.
The energy of the architecture and its surroundings will flow through the capacious lobby in an undulated
way and exert positive influence on the architecture.
The existing concrete faade and window to the south and north sides will be completely removed. The
protruding steel-frame structure extends 1 meter beyond the existing skin. The form of the building will
conserve the structure of the foundries old steel funnel. The regular structure of the steel frame echoes the
horizontal and vertical grids of the architecture. Consecutively, the protruding parts of the steel-frame
structure on all floors highlights the wall new connection of the existing brick walls.
These steel-frame structures are creating a double curtain wall faade. The outside layer is constructed of
fall-protection glass with air seams, and the inside layer is a flexible sliding door with insulation glass. A
two-storey tall outer elevation steel- frame structure and a LED multimedia display screen can be viewed
from the roads near the south and north elevations.
The design of this new faade will not only demonstrate the harmony between modern and historical
industrial structures, but also establish a unique architectural language that considers both past and
present.

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