UABB Longgang Exhibition Hall
- Year
- 2019
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Atelier XI
- Location
- Shenzhen, China
Three months before the exhibition opening, the architects received an urgent commission from the curators to transform a 10,000 m2 abandoned air-conditioner factory into an exhibition venue. The subject of the exhibition is said to outline a chronological narrative on the urban development of the local area where the factory locates. After visiting the site, the architects are impressed by the vast scale as well as the rigid grid-truss system demonstrating the history behind this factory. Therefore, they suggest keeping the original industrial traces as much as possible while applying a minimum intervention which takes form as a light-filled structure in contrast with the existing heavy framework.
Three months before the exhibition opening, the architects received an urgent commission from the curators to transform a 10,000 m2 abandoned air-conditioner factory into an exhibition venue. The subject of the exhibition is said to outline a chronological narrative on the urban development of the local area where the factory locates. After visiting the site, the architects are impressed by the vast scale as well as the rigid grid-truss system demonstrating the history behind this factory. Therefore, they suggest keeping the original industrial traces as much as possible while applying a minimum intervention which takes form as a light-filled structure in contrast with the existing heavy framework.