A Study Of Multi-storied Factory Building Renovation Into Economic Hotel Of Shanghai

Shanghai, as one of the birthplaces of China's modern industry history, had always been known as the industry construction center at the early liberation till 1970s. As the Shanghai's industrial restructuring in 1980s, many factories were relocated to the suburbs, bringing area of idle or abandoned industrial plants in the old city center, where was a large number of multi-storey factory building. Because of its flat structured, plenty indoor space, with the vertical transport characteristics, multi-storey factory building is very suitable for transformation of the economy hotels. These multi-plant become Shanghai's valuable resources for industry buildings'renovation due to its durable and solid structure.According to the market demand, budget hotels are now at the urgent development period in Shanghai. Transformation of old buildings is protecting the environment, and also the return of the investment is very high. So, how to heritage the history of Shanghai's industrial culture through the renovation of the multi-plant, how to revitalize the old building, how to transform industry buildings into hotels, are topics worth to explore. This dissertation studies the renovation of the old multi-plant into economic hotels, does a lot research on real cases, analysis and summarizes the skills and experience of renovation, collects the current problems. This thesis also proposes some special renovation approaches considering the current conditions and the economical, cultural, and climate.Shanghai is going to host the EXPO 2010, we must improve the hotel industry to develop a world famous first-class tourist city. Make balanced development of all grades of hotels, in which the economic hotels are the most needed to develop.This dissertation focuses on the studies of multi- storied factory buildings'renovate into economic hotels. It investigates many aspects, such as the value of the culture, the space facts, the technology mechanism, and etc. The studies of multi- storied factory buildings'renovate into economic hotels are very meaningful, and will also have a far-reaching impact on the renovation of the similar buildings in the whole country.