VANKE · CITY GROWTH HALL

In the eastern suburbs memory in Chengdu, China,MDO transformed an old state-run hongguang electronic tube factory built in 1958 into a vivid city hall.The factory produced once oscilloscopes and kinescopes for the military.
MDO prioritized a clear transition between old and new, maintaining traces and history of the existing building and inserting a series of new contrasting elements.
As a continuity of the past, the oscilloscope became the design’s starting point and the “big bang of knowledge” as the spatial concept.The explosion begins in the center of the old structure, while the energy splits to create new spatial forms, which are mapped to all corners of the old factory, interspersing with the historic walls and column networks. in the explosive proliferation of space, technological materials and lights clash and blend with the old factory building, bringing new sensory impact and dramatic feeling to visitors.