Ten Times Hotel Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province Architecture, Chinese Abandoned Factory Images
Ten Times Hotel, Ganzhou City
30 Oct 2020
Ten Times Hotel in Shangyou County, Ganzhou City
Design: MONOLITH ARCHITECTS
Location: Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China
Practical ?Brutalism? in Reconstruction of Abandoned Factories in Rural China

Photos ©️ Lei Mao
Originally to be the dormitory building of Shangyou River Hydropower Station in Shangyou County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, the site is close to Yangming Lake Scenic Area which has beautiful natural scenery and is about 40-50 minutes’ drive distance from downtown Ganzhou. Following the redevelopment scheme of the hydropower station, the original office buildings and dormitories which were in vacant since 2000 are included in an updated tourism development plan of Ganzhou City and the site is transformed into a tourists? homestay place.
The design of Ten Times Hotel provides a unique transformation strategy for the original old dormitory building. It establishes an external steel frame as the basic structure of the overall building, which sets up a new facade system for the old building, as well as provides structural support for the new roof attic and a new logistics traffic space.

The design retains basic shape and volume of the original building. New glass facade reshapes the overall image of the building, and also turns the semi-outdoor corridor space into a part of the indoors, en...