"The client initially asked for an intervention to enhance the slipway's exposed elevation. Yet on site we realized the slipway is more than a façade: it traces the site's central axis and, more importantly, was the final stage where ships were assembled and launched. Rather than a surface upgrade, the project begins by activating a larger imagination embedded in the scale and memory of the place."
"As an installation for SUSAS 2025 (Shanghai Urban Space Art Season), this project is situated on Fuxing Island, Shanghai-once the former China Shipbuilding Factory, which relocated across the Huangpu River in the early 2000s."
An installation for SUSAS 2025 occupies Fuxing Island, the former China Shipbuilding Factory that relocated across the Huangpu River in the early 2000s. The project centers on the slipway, which marks the site's central axis and functioned as the final stage where ships were assembled and launched. The client requested an intervention to enhance the slipway's exposed elevation, but the design focuses beyond surface treatment. The intervention activates the site's scale and layered memory, reimagining the slipway's role within the island's industrial legacy and the urban waterfront context.
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