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INDUSTRIAL
ARCHITECTURE
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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