The design of the Modern Art Museum by Atelier Deshaus was a risky endeavor. Industrial civilization acts as a vital part of Shanghai?s own modernity development. With the renewal of urban functions in the post-industrial age, many industrial buildings are facing the destiny of being demolished or transformed in some way.
Photography: Fangfang Tian
In Shanghai, there are countless industrial buildings being temporary ruins due to the relocation of factories, some of them may be kept, but most will be replaced by a new building or a public green space. However, with the promotion of the 2017 Open Space leading down the Huangpu River program, people on both sides of the Huangpu River have realized the space and culture value of retaining more industrial buildings. Photography: Fangfang Tian
The Laobaidu coal bunker transformation, which began before 2015, was faced with the fate of demolition. Fortunately, in 2015, the first session of Shanghai Urban Spatial Art Festival set a case study sub-exhibition space which theme was set by its curator, Lu Feng, and Yichun Liu as the transformation and reuse of industrial buildings.

By using images, sounds and dancing art, they performed a space exhibition of the combination of art and architecture called ?Reload? in the partly dismantled coal bunker ruins which evoked people?s realization of the value of industrial architecture and the meaning of turning the coal bunker into a public culture space.
Photography: Fangfang Tian
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