Renovation of the 809 Arsenal Relics – Hotel / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio

Background and original appearance: abandoned for a long time, but with great potentialThe 809 factory is located in Xialao Creek, the suburb of Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, which is about 30 minutes’ drive from downtown. Once a military factory, it was gradually shut down and abandoned in the 1990s. The project covers an area of about 3 hectares and a construction area of about 13000 square meters. The new function is a resort hotel and parent-child activity center. The purpose of the project is to protect and show the original appearance of the buildings and form a new use function through the transformation and reuse of the abandoned factory, so as to revive the abandoned industrial facilities and help those enter the contemporary life.

Renovation of the 809 Arsenal Relics – Hotel / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
New-built lobby, circular exhibition gallery and orange passage to breakfast field. Image © Yilong Zhao New-built lobby, circular exhibition gallery and orange passage to breakfast field. Image © Yilong Zhao
  • architects: 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
  • Location: Yichang City, Hubei Province, China
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Yilong Zhao
  • Photographs: Jinge Song
  • Photographs: Jinjun Cao
  • Area: 8300.0 m2

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