SMOORE Jiangmen Industrial Park is situated in Jianghai District, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. It lies adjacent to the Xijiang River, overlooking the Xijiang Bridge on the Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway. The project comprises a complete factory complex made up of multiple connected buildings, with one factory rented separately by the owner. The site is L-shaped, covering 16,429 square meters.
The factory complex includes an administrative office building to the north and two production and processing plants to the south, totaling approximately 16,300 square meters of construction area, with a central square within the site. As the Greater Bay Area undergoes industrial transformation, Jiangmen City has implemented a “three old” renovation policy to upgrade aging industrial plants and attract emerging industries.
The administrative building has been renovated to feature modern spaces. The first floor now houses an employee cafeteria, while the second and third floors offer open-plan offices, meeting rooms, and leisure reception areas. The main entrance was relocated from the north side to face the central square on the south side.
The original double split staircase was removed to create a spacious entrance hall. The reception area was redesigned to include a lightweight steel triangular folding staircase, coated with vibrant orange fluorocarbon paint to enhance the space’s energy and identity. Exterior wall components on the mountain wall facade were dismantled and replaced with transparent window units, improving natural lighting inside.
These window units protrude outward with controlled tilts and displacements, creating a rhythmic pattern on the facade. This design adds spatial depth, allowing for furniture or potted plants, encouraging users to personalize the environment. The windows also extend indoors, serving as executive offices or public leisure spaces, strengthening the connection between interior and exterior.
On the building’s north side, a large protruding feature on the second and third floors was retained to preserve usable space. Its facade is clad with semi-transparent sunshades that vary in rotation angles, extending the horizontal facade and enriching its visual order. This also conceals internal bathrooms and mechanical shafts from outside view.
Prior to renovation, the central square was primarily used for storing raw materials and goods, resulting in underutilized space. The redesign actively reorganizes the site’s interior and exterior, balancing dynamic and static zones.
A spacious central area is defined by a pedestrian walkway in front of the entrance hall. It features a badminton court and a basketball court on either side, complemented by planting beds and leisure benches, creating outdoor recreational spaces for employees.
Green parking spaces are arranged on the east side near the main park entrance to accommodate visitors, while the northernmost area serves as a private bicycle parking zone exclusively for employees. Ground geometric patterns guide pedestrian and vehicle circulation, clearly delineating functional zones.
The factory building facing the square includes space for storing large equipment and loading machinery. Its facade uses corrugated aluminum panels and stretched aluminum mesh, providing protection and clearly expressing the building’s industrial function.
The exterior complements the administrative building with tilted, staggered blocks resembling stacked boxes. Large glass panels reveal the heavy machinery inside, highlighting the relationship between reality and abstraction and reinforcing the industrial park’s character.
The other large facades retain the original window openings, framed with steel plates and stretched mesh to achieve regular geometric patterns. The main pedestrian entrance includes a guard room, fire control room, and mailroom.
An overhead roof provides shade and rain protection, visually integrating these three distinct volumes into a cohesive entrance. The rough texture of the slotted concrete slab gives the park an industrial tone right from the entrance.
The SMOORE Jiangmen Industrial Park renovation is not focused on preserving or repurposing industrial heritage. Instead, it involves an unremarkable old factory building that emerged during past industrialization. With urban industry development and the growth of multinational companies, there is an urgent need to revitalize urban spaces.
This project responds to the rapidly changing environment by straightforwardly expressing industrial architectural language, allowing the park to coexist with the surrounding industrial cityscape, which awaits further renovation.
△ Original Architecture
Project Drawings
△ Base Schematic Diagram
△ Site Plan
△ First Floor Plan
△ Second and Third Floor Plans
△ Elevation Drawing
△ Axonometric Diagram
Project Information
Architect: Centimeter Manufacturing
Area: 16,429 m²
Project Year: 2021
Photographer: Zhang Chao
Manufacturers: Dongguan Zaoxin Metal Materials Co., Ltd.; Guangdong Jiadun Building Materials Technology Co., Ltd.; Guangdong Youmeijian New Materials Technology Co., Ltd.; Shanghai HUILI-TUVGAL Sheets Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Red Green Metal Products Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen Lizhiyuan Architectural Technology Co., Ltd.
Lead Architect: Liao Jun
Design Team: Liao Jun, Chen Danping, Yang Heng, Wang Zhen, Zhang Mengqi, Lin Songzhao, Yao Mingming, Zhong Yingchuan, Feng Dexian
Client: Jiangmen Simor New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Construction Contractor: Dongguan Guanjiang Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd.
Partner: Hubei Jiajing Architectural Design Co., Ltd.
Landscape Design: Shenzhen Centimeter Manufacturing Design Co., Ltd.
Location: Jiangmen City, China
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