Baoshan WTE Exhibition Center: Shanghai, China

Once a factory for one of the largest steel companies in China, the former Baosteel facility was adapted as an event and exhibition center. As part of a new 450,000 square meter eco-industrial park, the process entailed preserving the shells of the existing factory buildings while adding new interior structures made of polycarbonates. 

Using translucent materials, the factory appears to radiate light from the inside at night, recalling the glow of molten steel. The new addition was constructed from prefabricated materials, helping to speed construction time and reducing the overall cost of the intervention.