The renovation of four disused factories in Hangzhou forms part of the main urban core for a new city centre.
The preservation of the central hall and its concrete trusses is complimented by a newly glazed roof lantern.
To provide additional floor area while preserving the grandness of the original factory new program is placed in a ground level plinth.
The undulating plinth frames the existing factory building while referencing the landscape of Hangzhou.
By rethinking the idea of the mat building as a plinth the new urban core can be one based on the void rather than a hyperdense building.
- Location
- Hangzhou, China
- Use
- Adaptive re-use of factory to commercial and offices
- Client
- Verma Properties
- Status
- Concept design
- Area
- 8,040 sqm
- Design team
- Christopher Lee, Bolam Lee, Martin Jameson, Stephie Sun, Charlotte Sue, Kapil Gupta, Suril Patel, Amit Arya, Santosh Thorat, Renu Gupta, Donny Mulya Prijatna, Abdulla Yousufali, Anusha Bajpai and Pranav Chahande
- Models
- Joseph Halligan, Michelle Young, Fung Tsui
