Chengdu BMW Experience Center
- Year
- 2021
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- ARCHIHOPE & SIAD
- Location
- Chengdu, China
Located beside the Gaodian Road, Pidu District, Chengdu, the original building with a total floor space of more than 10,000 square meters had been abandoned for years, whose exterior wall bricks were seriously ageing and partially had peeled off, and flues were exposed. So the renovation actually faced many challenges. The owner hoped that the building would become a dynamic and remarkable volume, easy to identify from the high-speed rail and highway along the opposite line, and integrate BMW's concept of being environmental-friendly and sustainable. As we know, the surface water in the Pidu District where the building site is located is a river system composed of distributaries from the Precious Bottle Neck Neijiang River of Dujiangyan. It is the geographical feature that inspires the design inspiration of architects. Therefore, the architect did not do too much work on space partitioning, but focused on the moving line design of the hall. Responding to the concept of Dujiangyan river system field with the moving line design, the field, architecture, people, car, lifestyle and BMW brand concept are connected in a design language that the changes are derived from one unit. The unit still inspired by the triangle symbol of
Located beside the Gaodian Road, Pidu District, Chengdu, the original building with a total floor space of more than 10,000 square meters had been abandoned for years, whose exterior wall bricks were seriously ageing and partially had peeled off, and flues were exposed. So the renovation actually faced many challenges. The owner hoped that the building would become a dynamic and remarkable volume, easy to identify from the high-speed rail and highway along the opposite line, and integrate BMW's concept of being environmental-friendly and sustainable. As we know, the surface water in the Pidu District where the building site is located is a river system composed of distributaries from the Precious Bottle Neck Neijiang River of Dujiangyan. It is the geographical feature that inspires the design inspiration of architects. Therefore, the architect did not do too much work on space partitioning, but focused on the moving line design of the hall. Responding to the concept of Dujiangyan river system field with the moving line design, the field, architecture, people, car, lifestyle and BMW brand concept are connected in a design language that the changes are derived from one unit. The unit still inspired by the triangle symbol of