02028nmm a22002777a 4500 ES-BaAUN 20230517203329.0 221102b ||| |o||j| 00| 0 eng d 2575-5374 ES-BaAUN eng ES-BaAUN Interval architects architects. Tower of Bricks: Connecting the Past and the Present of a Place urbanNext, February 05, 2021. 714 words. Interval architects, Middle Density, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms Accessibility, Architecture&environment, Brick, Chimney, China, Courtyard, Environment, Hengshui, Heritage, Industrial context, Landmark, Landscape, Material atmospheres, Project, Reconstruction, Refitting Places, Refurbishment, Territorial Approach, Tower Photography: Zhi Geng The project began with an abandoned Hoffman brick kiln, which was located between Hengshui wetland park and the city proper of Hengshui. It was formerly a place where nearby factories used to drain their sewage water. As the only building on a wetland site, the brick kiln was highly recognizable with its chimney. However, the Hoffman kiln was gradually abandoned due to the national policy that banned the burning of bricks out of clay as an environmental protection measure. The building was eventually demolished by the government due to its collapsing condition. With the new governmental plan to convert the wetland into a botanic park, the project called for the design of a botanic art center on the site of the former kiln. We decided that the memory and history of the demolished kiln has to be recalled and remembered with the new architecture. We hope to connect the past and the present of the place with this project. Architecture Tower design Project Hengshui, China China https://urbannext.net/tower-of-bricks/ Access to info ddc CF 0 2695 2695 0 0 ddc 0 0 9876543210 9876543210 2023-05-17 0 2023-05-17 2023-05-17 CF