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                                                        Design unveils The Oatmeal   conceived the building as a stimulant
                                             JSPA  Factory, located in Ningwu,   of  human senses, generating  surprising
                 The Oatmeal                  Shanxi province, China. The project consists   experiences to visitors.
                                              of the creation of an oatmeal factory,   The idea was to use a system of brick
                     Factory                  transforming raw oats into flour products.   walls to enclose and hide the various
                                              The production process, mostly automated,   technical spaces of the factory in an
                  Xinzhou, China              needed two different production lines with   opaque ground floor, and to establish a
                                              high volume machinery, as well as spaces   simple concrete volume on the top of it to
                                              open to the public with a shop, a café, and   host the public spaces of the programme.
                                              office space.                     Patios and large gardens will pierce the
                                               The surroundings of the project   whole  building, providing natural  light
                                              featured newly constructed industrial   and creating impressive spatial dilatations
                                              buildings, dry landscape and coal mines,   within  the  factory.  Central  production
                                              and it seemed like an interesting concept   spaces will also receive natural light from
                                              to develop the factory as an introverted   concrete sheds, opening the roof to the
                                              building that would recreate its own   north light.
                                              natural environment. Besides satisfying   The system of brick walls starts from the
                                              all  functional requirements,  the project   front of the factory, where a landscaped


































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