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Inlay Workshop Of UABB

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang

INLAY WORKSHOP OF UABB

Studio10

ARCHITECTS
Studio10

MANUFACTURERS
宁波蜀艺水磨石厂

PHOTOGRAPHS
Chao Zhang

AREA
2000 m²

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Shenzhen, China

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, Adaptive Reuse

Text description provided by architect.

There are many electronics factories around Shangwei Village, and this abandoned one at the entrance to the village was one of them.

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang

With the regeneration and renewal of the village, the factory has been assigned with new programs – the Main Exhibition Venue for Shangwei, SZHKUABB 2017 as well as part of the future Minzhi School.

Though small in scale and looks plain, the factory is almost a paradigm of those most typical, commonly-seen ones in the Urban Villages – the deteriorated mosaic-finished exterior wall, temporary addition enclosed with corrugated metal panels, enamel wall-mounted factory lamp, steel roll-up door and so on are all specific to its time and typology.

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang

Unfortunately, these elements are often seen to be “cheap, temporary and dated” nowadays and some of the first to be gotten rid of. The project takes the factory renovation as a case study.

L1 central passage way has been opened up, while boxes made of corrugated metal panels with roll-up doors have been introduced into the open space; the boxes each operates independently, allowing the large open space to be open to public 24hr.

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang

L1 central passage way has been opened up, while boxes made of corrugated metal panels with roll-up doors have been introduced into the open space; the boxes each operates independently, allowing the large open space to be open to public 24hr.

Aside from the Exhibition and Community Academy programs, L1 also accommodates public amenity programs such as restrooms, F&B and Information Kiosk.

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang

We also explored strategies to restore the most commonly-seen damaged mosaic walls in urban villages including Shangwei - By filling where the mosaic is missing with colored putty, the damaged walls transformed into naturally-formed, unique mosaic murals.

Additionally, Terrazzo panels made from mosaic pieces fallen from the exterior walls on Shangwei Village site were used extensively in the project.

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang


Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
© Chao Zhang


Inlay Workshop Of UABB
1F Plan
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
2F Plan


Inlay Workshop Of UABB
Axonometric View of Minzhi SchoolFactory Venue
Inlay Workshop Of UABB
Mosaic wall,with corrugated metal panels, enamel wall-mounted factory lamp, steel roll-up door

Inlay Workshop Of UABB
1F Diagram


Inlay Workshop Of UABB
Site Plan

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