Idea Factory Shenzhen, New Nantou building, MVRDV architecture photos, Chinese creative factory
Idea Factory Nantou, Shenzhen, by MVRDV
25 November 2021
MVRDV transforms disused industrial building into a ?creative factory? with a green public roof in Shenzhen
Location: Shenzhen, China
Design: MVRDV

Photos © Xia Zhi ??
Idea Factory Nantou, Shenzhen, design by MVRDV
Rotterdam, November 25th 2021 – MVRDV has completed construction of the Idea Factory, a transformation of a former factory building in the Shenzhen urban village of Nantou that sustainably reusing and improving the building instead of demolishing and rebuilding it.

The project contains a mixture of offices for the Urban Research Institute of China Vanke and offices for rent ? yet despite this programme, its distinguishing features are public in nature: a stairway cuts its way through the six-storey building, leading to a rooftop with a series of ?rooms? enclosed by living bamboo ?walls?, offering a variety of amenities and activities. Rather than demolish and rebuild, the Idea Factory design sustainably renovates a disused factory building:

Nantou has roots as an ancient historic town but is now an urban village of Shenzhen, dwarfed by the skyscrapers that surround it. The Idea Factory is the largest project in a number of renovations proposed by Vanke, all with designs by nationally and internationally renowned architects, which aims to accelerate Nantou?s transformation into a cultural and creative h...