Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር by Ying Bi and Siyu Bai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award የነሐስ ሽልማት in የሥነ ሕንፃ፣ ግንባታ እና መዋቅር ዲዛይን Competition Category.
ነሐስሥነ ሕንፃ· 2026
Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር
A' Design Award የነሐስ ሽልማት Winner in ሥነ ሕንፃ Category
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The Design
About Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር
ይህ ፕሮጀክት የኢቭሪያን የኢንዱስትሪ ቅርስ እንደ ዘመናዊ የትምህርትና የባህል ግቢ እንደገና ይተረጉማል። ነባር የኮንክሪት ግንባታዎችን በማስማማት እንደገና በመጠቀምና አዳዲስ ሞዱላር የብረት ህንፃዎችን በማስገባት፣ ዲዛይኑ የቀድሞ የምርት አካባቢን ለትምህርት፣ ለአፈጻጸምና ለሕዝባዊ ሕይወት ወደ ተገናኘ መዋቅር ይለውጠዋል። አንድ ቲያትር፣ ሁለገብ ቦታዎችና ክፍት የዝውውር አከርካሪ በአንድነት ተለዋዋጭ የሲቪክ መልክዓ ምድር ይፈጥራሉ፣ የኢንዱስትሪ ትዝታ ወደ ሕያው የእውቀት ሕንፃ ጥበብ የሚያድግበት።
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award የነሐስ ሽልማት
Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር የA' Design Award የነሐስ ሽልማት አሸናፊ ነው፤ ይህም በፈጠራ፣ በብልሃት እና በአስተዋይነት ለሚታወቁ ድንቅ ዲዛይኖች የሚሰጥ እጅግ ከፍተኛ ክብር ያለው እውቅና ነው። የነሐስ አሸናፊዎች የዲዛይነሮቻቸውን ሰፊ ልምድ፣ ምናብ እና ብልሃት የሚያረጋግጡ እጅግ ችሎታ የተሞላባቸው እና በሚያስደንቅ ሁኔታ ፈጠራ ያላቸው ሥራዎች ናቸው። Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር ከፍ ያለ ግምት የሚሰጠው፣ የሚደነቅና የሚወደድ፣ እጅግ ሙያዊና ፈጠራ የተሞላበት ነገር እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ይህ የA' Design Award የነሐስ ሽልማትን ያሸነፈ ዲዛይን በኪነ ጥበብ፣ በሳይንስ፣ በዲዛይን እና በቴክኖሎጂ ምርጥ ልምዶችን ያካትታል፤ ለዝርዝርም በሚሰጠው ትኩረት ምርጥ ነው። Factory City To Education City ሁለገብ ቲያትር ፍላጎቶችን በግሩም ሁኔታ ያረካል፣ ምኞቶችን ይነካል፣ ስሜቶችን ይማርካል እንዲሁም የማወቅ ጉጉትን ይስባል።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The project transforms an industrial social-services complex into a modular educational campus. Existing concrete buildings are reactivated through light interventions, while new steel structures house a theatre and multifunctional spaces. A connecting public spine integrates learning, culture, landscape, and civic life, turning industrial heritage into a flexible framework for knowledge production.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Approximate site area: 8,000 sq.m. The project consists of a theatre volume and a multifunctional educational building connected by semi open circulation. The theatre is approximately 15 m x 23 m x 16 m, using a long span steel roof structure. The multifunctional building is organized on three levels with modular structural bays. Main materials include existing reinforced concrete, steel framing, metal roof decking, insulation, waterproofing membrane, glazing, and perforated metal cladding.
- Tags
- adaptive reuse, industrial heritage, educational campus, modular steel structure, theatre design, multifunctional building, public space, civic architecture, Olivetti, Ivrea
- Production Technology
- The project is realized through a hybrid system of adaptive reuse and lightweight steel construction. Existing concrete structures are preserved and reactivated with minimal intervention, while new volumes use a modular steel frame, long span roof trusses, metal roof decking, insulated build-up roofing, and perforated metal cladding. The theatre integrates acoustic wall lining, suspended acoustic reflectors, lighting grids, sprinkler coordination, and mechanical ducts within a clear structural logic.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was to transform a historically industrial site into a contemporary educational and cultural campus without losing its original spatial identity. The design had to balance preservation and intervention, integrating existing concrete structures with new modular steel construction. Another key challenge was to create a clear relationship between theatre, learning spaces, and public circulation while maintaining flexibility, technical performance, and a strong civic character.
- Research
- The research investigates how industrial heritage can be transformed into a contemporary educational environment. It combines site analysis, historical study of Ivrea and the Olivetti legacy, program development, and architectural prototyping. The project studies adaptive reuse, modular steel construction, and spatial connectivity as strategies to integrate learning, performance, and public life within an existing industrial fabric.
- Inspiration
- The project is inspired by Ivrea's industrial legacy and the social vision of the Olivetti factory city. Rather than preserving the site as a static monument, the design explores how industrial structures can support contemporary education, culture, and public life. It draws from adaptive reuse, modular construction, and the transformation of production into knowledge.
- Project Duration
- The project was developed in 2026 as an architectural competition proposal for the Olivetti Theatre site in Ivrea, Italy. It explores the transformation of the former industrial context into a contemporary educational and cultural campus through adaptive reuse, modular construction, and public space integration.
- Operation Flow
- The project operates as a connected campus where learning, performance, and public life are brought together through a clear spatial sequence. Visitors move through open pathways, landscape platforms, and shared gathering spaces that link the existing buildings with the new theatre and multifunctional programs. This flow encourages informal interaction, flexible use, and a continuous relationship between education, culture, and civic activity.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Siyu Bai, Ying Bi, 2026.
- Team Members
- Ying Bi, Siyu Bai
- Image Credits
- Ying Bi, Siyu Bai
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