S HANG HAI BAO S HAN
3 First Steel Plant Post-Industrial Brownfield
The Learning and Productive Canopy
The southern part of the Baoshan district is one the most important industrialised areas in China and the most competitive steel and iron production base worldwide. After decades of exploitation and contamination of natural resources and the double pressure exerted by the rising cost of raw material and the slump of demand, the Baoshan government is introducing a policy of relocation and conversion of industrial sites, eager to change the image and the conditions of this polluted area. As most of the factories have either closed down or been relocated, a number of major projects such as international innovation parks for arts, science and entrepreneurship have been launched. Nevertheless, pollution of the natural environment and remediation remain major issues of this site.
Inaccessible port proposed as a wetland park River
Located along a canal system, this polluted post-industrial area is a mega monofunctional and gated enclave whose geographical condition and major infrastructure awaiting transformation hold great potential. The priority action for this brownfield reconversion is the restoration of its environmental conditions. The project develops strategies for on-site depollution through regenerative landscape design composed of wetland parks and soil capping for water and soil remediation. In order to optimise existing structures and respond to the monumental scale of industrial architecture, mega-programmes are being developed in existing warehouses, offering a new cultural hub for productivity and learning as well as net zero water and energy management. The development of major gates, soft and clean mobility, and edge integration reinforce the site’s inclusion in its context.
Processing area of Bao Steel Factory proposed as an art college
Accessible edge
Wetland park Water treatment plant Art college with photovoltaic (PV) solar panels on roof
Green patch with high ecological value
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Managed green patches
Hot-press area in steel factory to be demolished
Abandoned railway track to be transformed
Commercial belt
New public connection
Tramline
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Geothermal grassland
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