Winner of the 2023 WLA Awards – Award of Excellence in the Built – Urban Design category
The Second Grinding Wheel Factory, a former cornerstone of Zhengzhou’s industrial landscape, suffered changes in ownership and eventual closure due to the relocation of the country’s industrial center. Despite the workers who were once employed within the walls still residing around, their stories seem to have been lost with the clamor of the market economy.
The landscape strategy seeks to preserve the historical legacy of the factory workers while revitalizing the site. The design scheme aims to coexist harmoniously between the site’s Bauhaus-style factory buildings, ancient trees, weathered machinery, and
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