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Historical Park of Power Plant Dock, Nanjing

 

The project located outside Yangtze River Floodwall in Nanjing. More Than half site area is Riverside. The gross floor area before was 3818 mm, now increased to 3922 mm after reconstruction. Currently, the buildings have a prominent industrial character. To be more specific, the architectural form and inner space depend on a mechanical pattern and basic needs and each block have different bay and depth which bay size is around 3-4 meters. According to different machine hosting form, the floor height changes from 2.8m to 9m and each block have functional relations with another. The current building uses white tiling as its facade and part of entrance has a little decoration based on shape changing. Although the main construction and facade retain integrity, the overall looking seems shabby.

It was a Coal Dock of Nanjing Xiaguan Power Plant had the nearly one-century history. After the plant moving, this dock is the only site preserved to be reused as a Relics Park which was opened to the public. Some memorable historical events about Xiaguan Power Plant will be shown in the exhibition hall. People can drink a cup of coffee or have a meal to enjoy the river view in the cafe. Besides the project site, Red House, decorated with red brick wall, blue-tiled spire, is typical style of Nanjing Roc (Republic of China) buildings. It is Important historical remains. Buildings around it are required to be visually harmonic in urban planning. So the facade of preserved buildings was remodeled by bricks and the additional parts of glass curtain wall to make a transparent looking between the old and new part.

 

Location: Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China

Completed Data:2014

Building Area: 3922 ㎡   (42216 sq.ft)

Site Area：9200 ㎡        (99027 sq.ft)

 

Architect: East China Architectural Design&Research Institute CO.LTD.

Participate in Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Design, Interior Design and Technical Graphics Drawing.

 

Awards: THE ARCASIA AWARDS FOR ARCHITECTURE 2016 Category D: Conservation Projects GOLD