Book City [书城]
Reconversion of industrial area into creative industry
Location: [江东北路221号] No.221 Jiangdong Bei Lu, Ningbo, Zhejiang
Typology: Former Industrial Area Scale: 4ha (Site area); 90,000sqm (Built area) Contracting authority: Ningbo Newspapering Group Main Stakeholders: Winking-Froh Architekten BDA Year: 2006
On the opposite river bank of the Old Bund, across the Yongjiang River, Book City has been erected on an old industrial brownfield. Large public spaces link new and old buildings and consideration has been taken into letting commercial promotion and cultural transmission coexist.
Keywords: Art in the city, Knowledge
Reconversion of industrial area into creative industry
Location: [江东北路221号] No.221 Jiangdong Bei Lu, Ningbo, Zhejiang
Typology: Former Industrial Area Scale: 4ha (Site area); 90,000sqm (Built area) Contracting authority: Ningbo Newspapering Group Main Stakeholders: Winking-Froh Architekten BDA Year: 2006
On the opposite river bank of the Old Bund, across the Yongjiang River, Book City has been erected on an old industrial brownfield. Large public spaces link new and old buildings and consideration has been taken into letting commercial promotion and cultural transmission coexist.
Keywords: Art in the city, Knowledge