Case: From Abandoned Steel Factory to Cultural Tourism Resort

This paper summarizes the successful cases at home and abroad, and explores the new life after the transformation of the old factory buildings through the promotion of cultural tourism format and creative architectural design.

In the industrial age, industrial bases such as steel mills and mines bear the glory and dreams of a generation. With the development of the times, the industrial structure is constantly adjusted, and many industrial bases are gradually abandoned. How do these industrial sites that witnessed the development of the city escape the fate of being submerged by the times? With the blessing of culture and tourism, the industrial heritage has renewed its vitality. Here are some successful transformation cases of "turning waste into treasure".

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SteelStacks Art and Cultural Park

SteelStacks is located in the northeast of Pennsylvania, formerly known as Bethlehem Steel Company. Founded in 1857, the company covered an area of 1,8 acres and was once the second largest steel group in the United States, with 1,127 warships and the Golden Gate Bridge built.

however, the stagnation of the development of infrastructure, real estate, automobiles and ships in the United States in the 198s led to the severe situation that the steel market was facing oversupply, and the factory was finally forced to close, but the story didn't end there. In 25, BethWorksNow Studio acquired the iconic blast furnace of the steel plant and the surrounding 126 acres of land from the international steel group, and the following year, it worked with Sands Group Sands Group to carry out the blast furnace of Bethlehem Steel Plant.

however, it seems a little difficult to support the new format only by relying on the century-old historical and cultural IP of abandoned steel plant blast furnace area and Bethlehem steel plant. In order to fully activate the area and introduce more people, the development company provided the government with 9.5 acres of land for free, and the government lobbied the non-profit art institutions ArtQuest and PBS TV station to settle in.

the SteelStacks art and cultural park finally presented is based on the original industrial heritage, unifying the site landscape and the style of new buildings, and adding an overhead corridor to connect the industrial site landscape, the SteelStacks art park and the comprehensive business district of the hotel, so that the steel plant can seamlessly connect with the newly-built community and commercial street.

Among them, the key part of the renovation is to plan a curved road to run through the park, and at the same time meet the outdoor open space requirements of Levitt Pavilion Levitt Garden Square, ArtQuest Center and PBS Performing Arts Center on both sides. Under the overall planning, the blast furnace site has become the background of public space, pushing Levitt Pavilion Levitt Garden Square, which is integrated with art, entertainment and activities, to the main axis opposite to the main entrance of the park.

in the building of ArtsQuest Center, music, art and movies are almost uninterrupted-arts quest non-profit art organization sponsors 15~17 music performances with unlimited styles in the Musikfest Cafe every year, which brings huge traffic to the hotel business district. By 217, On average, the park holds more than 1, concerts every year, of which 13% of the passenger flow generated by SteelStacks Cultural Park is transformed into the guest source of Jinsha Hotel on the east side of the park, and new talents are continuously introduced to the local area, creating a large number of employment opportunities. Now SteelStacks has become a world-renowned art, culture and entertainment park.

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Chongqing Industrial Culture Expo Park

Located in dadukou district, Chongqing Industrial Culture Expo Park is built on the basis of some industrial remains of the prototype steel plant of Chongqing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., covering an area of 142 mu, with a total scale of 14, square meters. It consists of three parts: industrial heritage park, industrial museum and Wenchuang Industrial Park, with industrial cultural heritage as the core, forming an integrated new industrial pattern.

Chongqing Iron and Steel Group is a large-scale iron and steel complex with a history of one hundred years. Its predecessor was Hanyang Iron Works, which was founded by the government of China in the late Qing Dynasty in 189. This steel plant is not only the development and evolution history of an enterprise, but also the epitome and portrayal of the bumpy progress of China's iron and steel industry. In 211, due to environmental protection relocation, its iron and steel production system in Dadukou old district was completely shut down, and then it was transformed into Chongqing Industrial and Cultural Expo Park, which was a collection of "cultural tourists".

There are 8, HP two-cylinder horizontal steam prime movers produced by Sheffield Company in England in 195, and many themed sculptures, installation art and statues of industrial pioneers, which reflect the perfect combination of industrial culture and public art..

the industrial museum consists of the main exhibition hall, the "steel soul" museum and the industrial heritage park, and strives to create a pan-museum with innovative ideas, interactive experience and theme scenes.

wenchuang industrial park organically combines pan-museum with wenchuang industry, and is located in the old factory building and the newly-built LOFT space near the river, thus forming wenchuang industrial park. It also provides many spaces such as office, experiential business, sports and leisure, boutique hotel, public space and leisure exchange area.

since it opened in 219, it has become a new punching place in online celebrity, attracting many tourists.

whether abroad or at home, industrial remains are not cold steel and masonry, but the witness of industrial civilization, bearing the culture and spirit of a city. When the wheel of the times rolls forward, these industrial remains should not be abandoned by the city, but should be reactivated through reasonable development and transformation.

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