Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan by Ann Yu

Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan by Ann Yu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl in Callitic Tlacauhtli ihuan Tlanextilizpan Tlachihchihualiztli Competition Category.

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Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan

by Ann Yu

Client: Guangzhou Pearl River Enterprises Group

Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl Winner in Callitic Category

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The Design

About Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan

Guangzhou Julong Bay ce tlaixpantiloyan calli in omochiuh itech nahui xamitl-calli tlen omoquetzqueh ipan xihuitl 1950 inahuac icalaquiyampa iatentli in Pearl atoyatl. In huehueh tlaolcalli quipiah oc inhuehueh tlaquetzaliz ihuan intlachihualiz, auh occequi yancuic tlachihualli motlamiltia ica xamitl tlen ica maitl omochiuhqueh. Ce huey tepoztlaquetzalli ihuan ce tehuiloyo tepamitl tlen mopilohtiuh quichihuah ce tlapachiuhcayotl inpan in tlaolcalli tlen mohuicatinemih, quinnechicoa ipan ce huey calihtic tlen momalacachoa 5000 metros cuadrados. In tepoztlaquetzalli mohuehueyilia ixquichca in tlalli occan itech, ihuan ihqui quichihua ce ohtli tlapouhtoc inahuac in atoyatentli tlachializtli ihuan in xihuitl tlen ompa cateh.

The Recognition

About the Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl

Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan ca in quicuic in Mahuizolli A' Design Award Iztacteocuitlatl, hueyi tlamahuizoliztli tlen momaca in huel yectli, tlanextic ihuan mahuiztic tlachihualli. In quicuicah Iztacteocuitlatl ca cenca cualli ihuan cenca yancuic tlachihualli in quinextia in tlamatiliztli, toltecayotl ihuan ixtlamatiliztli intlachihuanime. Ca quinequi in Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan ca cenca cualli, cenca motequiuhtia ihuan yancuic. Ni dizayno in quicuic Iztacteocuitlatl quihuelitia in toltecayotl, tlamatiliztli, dizayno ihuan teknolohia. Guangzhou Julong Bay Tlanextilcalli Tlaixpantiloyan quiyolchicahua in tlacah, quipaquiltia ihuan quitlamahuiztiltia.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Located on the west bank of the Pearl River, the original site with four separated brick warehouses built in the 1950s was a significant granary of Guangzhou. As the first stage of the city government’s renewal master plan in the area, the key objectives of the adaptive reuse project were to remain its industrial past as a reminder of history, while building a city-planning exhibition hall and civic center that act as a beacon to investors, developers, and citizens, to encourage massive participation in the rebirth of the old district. The core design idea was to ensure its new functional usability while presenting the old site in an attractive way to the young generation. The project has been rated a high score in the SITES Sustainable System, as the first to achieve that in China.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area：5000 meter square
Tags: Oldbuildings, conservation, revitalisation, reuse, Revitalization of old buildings, Reborn, Exhibition Center, Handmade Bricks
Production Technology: large-span steel frame and full-slope glass curtain wall system； handmade bricks
Design Challenge: For practicing designers, there is not much room for practice due to the overwhelming historical meaning of the architectural conservation field, which is too complicated to regulate. Instead, there are a lot of possibilities in the field of conservation revitalization of old buildings on how to renovate. The numerous protective revitalization approach is either an allusion to or an extension of the different repair theories in the right proportion.

Take the example of Chong Kou Warehouse. Transformed from a 19th-century grain warehouse into a commercial urban exhibition center, the original building group has a very simple layout. Three groups of 13m x 45m square pods of uniform length and width in proportion to their structure are lined up along the short side at 10m intervals. The physical spaces of the building have a good and balanced ratio of area to open void spaces. The warehouse, on the other hand, has an interior usable area of 1,755 square meters, which in fact cannot take on the full function of an urban exhibition center. Therefore expansion became necessary. On the basis of the structural characteristics of the original building, a vertical extension would be extremely costly and irreversibly damage the sloping roof of the original building. Thus flat expansion became the first choice. The open void space of the original site is incorporated into the new space and organized into a non-thematic visiting/reception/resting space, which is incorporated into the main exhibition and meeting content that the original three-story interior can take on, a good functional and logical organization of space can be achieved within the limited scope of the renovation. The four silos are placed horizontally and independently of the main building due to budget reasons. Because of its proximity to the original three warehouses, we have designed a connecting corridor into a reception space that is visually strongly connected to the main building but functionally independent.
Research: The original site of this project is four separated brick granaries that were built in the 1950s. As the first stage of the renewal plan in the area, the key objectives of the adaptive reuse project were to remain its industrial past as a reminder of its history, while building a city-planning exhibition hall and civic center. To encourage massive participation in the rebirth of the old district, the original structure and materials of the warehouses were reserved as far as possible, while customized imitated clay bricks are adopted in the new-built part. The core design idea was to ensure its new functional usability while presenting the old site in an attractive way to the young generation.
Inspiration: The Chongkou warehouse is a group of old warehouses on the river bank, which retains its identity as an old building and avoids being classified as a historical and cultural preservation building and thus has a new fate. It is also possible to completely avoid the "something if nothing, a reality if nothing, great wisdom if foolishness". This is indeed the luck of its destiny. And it is even more fortunate that we, as designers, have been given this honored opportunity to renovate this group of nearly century-old buildings and bestow them a contemporary significance.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2021 in Guangzhou China and finished in February 2022 ,and exhibited in Guangzhou China in May 2022.
Operation Flow: The old warehouses were built for plain purpose with a simple brick structure. The original structure and materials of the warehouses were reserved as far as possible, while customized imitated clay bricks are adopted in the new-built part.

In order to create a connected inner space for a new massive building, a canopy of glass and steel structure was designed to build on the parallel barns, which enabled the interior to be rearranged flexibly usage. Its triangle appearance inherits the inclined angle of the sloping ceilings of the old warehouses, and at the same time gives a steady yet energetic characteristic. Modern steel structure and glass, together with traditional bricks, worked harmoniously.

The steel structure of the canopy extended on both sides to the ground, which formed a corridor that brought in the riverside landscape, and a coexistence with the original plants on the site. It also created an interaction between the building and the natural environment, which helped to build a friendly and cozy ambiance for the interior.