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Renovation of a Hoffmann kiln in Pudong, Shanghai
浦东红窑保留再利用改造设计，上海
*2022 AIA China Design Excellence Awards, Merit Award for Adapative Re-use
Pudong Hoffman Brick Kiln (referred to as “Pudong Red Kiln”) is located in Laogang Town, Nanhui, Pudong. It is a typical Hoffman Kiln. Patented by German Friedrich Hoffmann in 1858, the kiln features as a ring passageway surrounded by small rooms. It was widely used over the world because of its efficient use of heat and fuel. It began to appear on the landscape of Shanghai in the early 20th century.
The red kiln on the site had already lost its original function for long. Roof and walls were collapsed and damaged, buried by soil and overgrown with weeds. The site sits on the edge of an underused golf course bounded by a canal that flows from the center of the town to the East China Sea. As the site will be transformed into a suburban leisure park in the future, the red kiln will also be transformed from the ruins of production into a public place.
Architect: HCCH Studio
Design team: Hao Chen, Chenchen Hu, Ziyan Ge, Zehong Liu
Development company: Shanghai Hengda
LDI: TC Design&Construction
Period: 2019-2020
Built: 2022.7
Location: 33 Qiuhe Road, Laogang Town, Pudong New District, Shanghai.
Photography: Qingyan Zhu
浦东红窑保留再利用改造设计，上海
*2022 AIA China Design Excellence Awards, Merit Award for Adapative Re-use
Pudong Hoffman Brick Kiln (referred to as “Pudong Red Kiln”) is located in Laogang Town, Nanhui, Pudong. It is a typical Hoffman Kiln. Patented by German Friedrich Hoffmann in 1858, the kiln features as a ring passageway surrounded by small rooms. It was widely used over the world because of its efficient use of heat and fuel. It began to appear on the landscape of Shanghai in the early 20th century.
The red kiln on the site had already lost its original function for long. Roof and walls were collapsed and damaged, buried by soil and overgrown with weeds. The site sits on the edge of an underused golf course bounded by a canal that flows from the center of the town to the East China Sea. As the site will be transformed into a suburban leisure park in the future, the red kiln will also be transformed from the ruins of production into a public place.
Architect: HCCH Studio
Design team: Hao Chen, Chenchen Hu, Ziyan Ge, Zehong Liu
Development company: Shanghai Hengda
LDI: TC Design&Construction
Period: 2019-2020
Built: 2022.7
Location: 33 Qiuhe Road, Laogang Town, Pudong New District, Shanghai.
Photography: Qingyan Zhu
before renovation