An Italian Space in a Chinese Industrial Legacy: Designing the Italian Cultural Box within the Pearl River Piano Cultural Park

Essay, Giorgia Cestaro, Michele Bonino, Middle Density, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

China, City development, Design, Digitalization, Essay, Industrial, Industry, Innovation, Public Space, Technology, Tourism, Transformation, Urban Development, Urban environment, Urban Legacy

China Room, FULL – Future Urban Legacy Lab, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)


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As the final article in the micro-series of articles on the industrial legacy in China, curated by China Room, Politecnico di Torino’s research group, (Industrial Legacy and the Future of Chinese Cities, Industrial Clusterization Strategies in the Pearl River Delta Area: Reorganizing the Production of the PRP in Zengcheng NTDZ), the essay will introduce the results of planning an Italian Space within the Pearl River Piano Cultural Park (see also Design Opportunities and Cultural Intermediation) as a model to transform former industrial spaces into flexible programs with the potential to enhance creative industry and new economies.