Rebirth Of The Industrial Buildings

This paper studies the adaptable recycle of industrial building in the city, especially the recycle of those buildings when they were reconstructed into multi-function community combined with the rising creative industry. By reviewing the protective reuse of industrial buildings all over the world and making some field survey of creative industry area in shanghai, this paper studies the development and characters of creative industry itself, analyses the causation and inevitability of the combination of industrial building and creative industry. The main object of this paper is the existing creative industry area in shanghai, also with the projects which are still under construction. In the end, this paper sums up the important process, characters and problems of the adaptable recycle of industrial buildings, and probes the enlightment it may bring to Shanghai's recycle of industrial building in the future.This paper consists of four sections: industrial building and its protective reuse, characters and development of creative industry, process of the combination of industrial building and creative industry, the investigation and evaluation of an existing project, and the conclusion.