Rede Architects and Moguang Studio turn abandoned factory into youth activity centre
Ramps, slides and platforms made of colourful mesh feature at this youth centre near Beijing, which Rede Architects and Moguang Studio have built within a derelict garment factory.
The industrial site in Beizhuang Town, Miyun District, comprised a dozen disused buildings arranged around two courtyards and surrounded by factories and mountains.
Top: The Youth Activity Center occupies an old garment factory. Above: it features a combination of brick and steel buildings
Rede Architects and Moguang Studio retained and reused the existing structures as The Youth Activity Center's classrooms, restaurant, conference room and hostel accommodation.
A workshop building with a single-span trussed roof has been converted into a children's centre and multipurpose hall. A raised steel walkway winds through another courtyard
In the northern courtyard is a raised steel platform accessed by a pair of curving ramps that form a circular shape when viewed from above.
Ramps lead up from a central lawn and play area to the restaurant's roof terrace. The steel mesh platform shades the spaces beneath and a metal slide provides a speedy route back down to the lawn.
Red steel mesh provides shaded areas
A second courtyard to the south of the site contains a landscaped garden comprising circular paved areas interspersed with patches of vegetation.
Local perennial plants used in the garden are left to grow naturally to recall the previously wild and overgrown space. The courtyard also contains a circul...
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