Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi ngu-Ying Bi and Siyu Bai

Uyilo olubizwa ngokuba yi-Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi olwenziwe ngu-Ying Bi and Siyu Bai ngumwini obekekileyo webhaso elinobukhazikhazi le-2026 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lokhuphiswano lwe-Uyilo lweZakhiwo, Isakhiwo kunye neMilo.

IbhronziUyilo lweZakhiwo· 2026

Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi

ngu Ying Bi and Siyu Bai

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Malunga ne-Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi

Book Text: Le projekthi iphinda iyile ngokutsha ilifa lwemveliso yase-Ivrea njengekhampasi yemfundo nenkcubeko yexesha langoku. Ngokusebenzisa kwakhona izakhiwo zekhonkrithi ezikhoyo nokufakwa kwezakhiwo ezitsha zentsimbi ezenziwe ngeengxenye, uyilo luguqula indawo ekade iyimveliso ibe yintsika edibeneyo yokufunda, ukwenza imiboniso, kunye nobomi boluntu. Iqonga lemiboniso, izithuba ezinemisebenzi emininzi, kunye nomgogodla ojikelezayo ovulekileyo ngokudibeneyo zidala umboniselo woluntu oguqukayo apho inkumbulo yemveliso iphuhla ibe luyilo oluphilayo lolwazi.

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Malunga ne-Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Factory City To Education City Primary Function: Iqonga lemiboniso elinemisebenzi emininzi iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

Emva Koyilo

Ikhithi Yeendaba

Iziqinisekiso, amalungu eqela kunye neenkcukacha zobugcisa ezinikezelwe ngumyili.

Iimpawu Ezizodwa: The project transforms an industrial social-services complex into a modular educational campus. Existing concrete buildings are reactivated through light interventions, while new steel structures house a theatre and multifunctional spaces. A connecting public spine integrates learning, culture, landscape, and civic life, turning industrial heritage into a flexible framework for knowledge production.
Imilinganiselo nePakishini: Approximate site area: 8,000 sq.m. The project consists of a theatre volume and a multifunctional educational building connected by semi open circulation. The theatre is approximately 15 m x 23 m x 16 m, using a long span steel roof structure. The multifunctional building is organized on three levels with modular structural bays. Main materials include existing reinforced concrete, steel framing, metal roof decking, insulation, waterproofing membrane, glazing, and perforated metal cladding.
Iithegi: adaptive reuse, industrial heritage, educational campus, modular steel structure, theatre design, multifunctional building, public space, civic architecture, Olivetti, Ivrea
Ubuchwepheshe Bokuvelisa: The project is realized through a hybrid system of adaptive reuse and lightweight steel construction. Existing concrete structures are preserved and reactivated with minimal intervention, while new volumes use a modular steel frame, long span roof trusses, metal roof decking, insulated build-up roofing, and perforated metal cladding. The theatre integrates acoustic wall lining, suspended acoustic reflectors, lighting grids, sprinkler coordination, and mechanical ducts within a clear structural logic.
Umngeni Woyilo: The main challenge was to transform a historically industrial site into a contemporary educational and cultural campus without losing its original spatial identity. The design had to balance preservation and intervention, integrating existing concrete structures with new modular steel construction. Another key challenge was to create a clear relationship between theatre, learning spaces, and public circulation while maintaining flexibility, technical performance, and a strong civic character.
Uphando: The research investigates how industrial heritage can be transformed into a contemporary educational environment. It combines site analysis, historical study of Ivrea and the Olivetti legacy, program development, and architectural prototyping. The project studies adaptive reuse, modular steel construction, and spatial connectivity as strategies to integrate learning, performance, and public life within an existing industrial fabric.
Inkuthazo: The project is inspired by Ivrea's industrial legacy and the social vision of the Olivetti factory city. Rather than preserving the site as a static monument, the design explores how industrial structures can support contemporary education, culture, and public life. It draws from adaptive reuse, modular construction, and the transformation of production into knowledge.
Ubude Beprojekthi: The project was developed in 2026 as an architectural competition proposal for the Olivetti Theatre site in Ivrea, Italy. It explores the transformation of the former industrial context into a contemporary educational and cultural campus through adaptive reuse, modular construction, and public space integration.
Ukuhamba Komsebenzi: The project operates as a connected campus where learning, performance, and public life are brought together through a clear spatial sequence. Visitors move through open pathways, landscape platforms, and shared gathering spaces that link the existing buildings with the new theatre and multifunctional programs. This flow encourages informal interaction, flexible use, and a continuous relationship between education, culture, and civic activity.
Iipathenti: Copyrights belong to Siyu Bai, Ying Bi, 2026.
Amalungu Eqela: Ying Bi, Siyu Bai
Amagunya Emifanekiso: Ying Bi, Siyu Bai