Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus ab Ying Bi and Siyu Bai

Opus Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus a designatore Ying Bi and Siyu Bai est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Certaminis Architectura.

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Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus

a Ying Bi and Siyu Bai

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Categoria Architectura

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De Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus

Hoc inceptum hereditatem industrialem Eporediae tamquam campum educationis culturaeque recentem renovat. Per accommodatum usum structurarum concretarum exstantium novarumque aedificiorum modularium ex ferro insertionem, consilium ambitum productionis pristinum in compaginem conexam ad discendum, spectandum, vitamque publicam transmutat. Theatrum, spatia multiplicis usus, atque spina circulationis aperta simul efficiunt flexibilem regionem civilem ubi memoria industrialis in vivam architecturam scientiae evolvitur.

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Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Factory City To Education City Theatrum Multiplicis Usus necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

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Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 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.
Notulae: adaptive reuse, industrial heritage, educational campus, modular steel structure, theatre design, multifunctional building, public space, civic architecture, Olivetti, Ivrea
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: 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.
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Patentes: Copyrights belong to Siyu Bai, Ying Bi, 2026.
Membra Turmae: Ying Bi, Siyu Bai
Agnitiones Imaginum: Ying Bi, Siyu Bai