Vanke · City Growth Hall is a stunning learning and exhibition center located in Sichuan, China, designed in 2021 by More Design Office.

Description
Vanke · City Growth Hall is located in the ‘Eastern Suburb Memory’ in Chengdu. The original building held the Hongguang Electronic Tube Factory, a state-run factory which was founded in 1958 which produced oscilloscopes and kinescopes for the military. The old factory was left to ruin whilst the other neighboring buildings have become part of a thriving cultural and design hub.
Our concept for renovation was to create a clear language between old and new, to leave traces and history of the existing building, whilst inserting a series of new contrasting elements. The oscilloscope became the genesis of the design, and the burst of energy was extracted as the element of the design, both formally and metaphorically connecting back to the relationship with the “Get Chengdu Learning Center”, whose purpose is the spread of knowledge through digital and physical mediums. This explosion of energy was seen as the spatial concept of the “Big Bang of Knowledge”.
The explosion begins in the centre of the old structure. The energy splits to form new spatial forms, which are mapped to all corners of the old factory, interspersing with the historic walls and column networks. They are connected by the central staircase which serves as the social “heart”. In the explosiv...