Description
Book SynopsisHow can industrial buildings with long histories and spatial uniqueness be integrated into urban life more actively? How can newly built industrial plots with large-scale industrial and commercial buildings be situated and integrated into urban planning and design?
This book features nearly 40 cases of redevelopment and industrial design by the German architectural firm gmp Architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners in Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenzhen (mainland China), and some German cities. These designs are for commercial and industrial buildings, cultural and convention centres, exhibition halls and data centres. They apply gmp’s design concept to industrial buildings within the context of the metropolis, work that is characterised by conciseness, diversity, unity, uniqueness, and orderliness. This book provides examples of, and references to, urban industrial building areas and industrial architecture design, and can be used as a reference by teachers and students of urban planning studies, architectural history, architectural heritage conservation, and architectural design.
Text in English and Chinese.
Table of ContentsPreface I In Focus: Industrial and Commercial Buildings by Meinhard von Gerkan Preface II by Magdalene Weiss Making Places by Nina Rappaport Contemporary Industrial Spatial Design in China from the Perspective of Industry-City Integration by Zhi Wenjun Interview with Mr. Liu Jiaping Interview with ICICLE Industrial Buildings in an Urban Context Production Halls and Warehouse Hi-Tech Parks and Business Parks Administrative and Service Buildings in a Commercial Construction Context Special-purpose Buildings in an Industrial Construction Context: Logistics Buildings and Data Centers
