Reviving Industrial Heritage: Lan Chuang Space by Being Architects

Transforming a Historic Brewery into a Modern Mixed-Use Space

The Lan Chuang Space project is located in the Pati Brewery on the Pearl River Bank of Guangzhou. This two-story old factory building bears the historical memory of the development of the Pearl River Brewery. The renewal of the city brings new opportunities to the spare factory building. The main body of the workshop is square, and it used to be a production workshop with deep entrance and insufficient light.

The biggest feature of the site is the southwest corner of the building, which is the only facade showing to the main street and the industrial ruins above it. By opening the facade and introducing the ruins scenery, inserting the landscape courtyard, introducing sunlight into the deep space, and inserting special function wooden boxes, Being Architects creates a dialogue and integration among the architectural space, nature, and industrial ruins scenery.

The design team, led by Chief Architect Jiaming Dai, hoped that through light, courtyard, and external scenery, they could reconstruct a real space that meets the needs of human activities, and try their best to eliminate stylization, so as to make the sense of space more abstract and lasting. The project started in June 2016 and finished in April 2017 in Guangzhou, and officially opened in June 2017.

The exterior industrial site and architectural space reconnect by large steps, art exhibitions, and courtyard, which is defined as people's daily participation space, including roadshows, fitness exercises, and artistic activities. This provides people with a new type of modern social space, conveys the new concept of healthy life, and re-activates this area through people's participation.

The renovated workshop is a new type of multi-functional complex space, which integrates co-working, fitness club, light catering, buyer's shop, roadshow lecture, and art exhibition. A new spatial order is reconstructed under the logic of retaining the original factory building. The design creates the dialogue and integration among the architectural space, nature, and industrial ruins scenery.

Being Architects' innovative approach to the Lan Chuang Space project showcases the potential of repurposing industrial heritage for modern uses. The design's unique properties and successful integration of various elements earned it the Silver A' Design Award, a testament to its outstanding expertise and innovation.