Nangang Technology Accelerator

Masterplan & Building Design, Hefei, China

Aerial view of the collaborative technology accelerator masterplan.

Overview

A technology accelerator complex centred on the concept of vertical industrial development, exploring how production, logistics and public space can be integrated through vertically stacked production units and separated circulation systems.

Collaborative graduation project · 4-person team

Collaborators: Wanyun Li, Boyang Guo, Anqi Luo.

My contribution: collaborative masterplanning, logistics and circulation analysis; individual factory building design.

Research — Vertical Industry & Logistics

The project began by examining how industrial production could move from horizontally dispersed factory compounds into vertically organised buildings. Rather than treating stacking as a purely formal strategy, I focused on logistics as the system that connects production units, freight movement and circulation.

Site and contextual analysis of the Hefei industrial district.
Research into vertical industrial production and logistics systems.

Development — Collaborative Masterplan

Separate freight, pedestrian and service circulation systems were developed to support vertically stacked production while reducing conflicts between logistics and public movement.

Collaborative massing development and masterplan.
Massing / masterplan development
Collaborative planning and functional zoning diagrams.
Planning and functional zoning
Logistics systems connecting stacked production units.
Logistics system
Freight, pedestrian and service circulation across the collaborative masterplan.
Freight / pedestrian circulation

Development — Individual Factory Design

I developed the factory building as a repeatable production unit, integrating manufacturing, storage, vertical circulation and servicing within a compact building system.

Individual factory production-unit organisation.
Exterior visualisation of the individually designed factory building.
Second exterior view of the individual factory design.

Technical Resolution — Individual Factory Design

Individual factory ground-floor plan.
Ground Floor Plan
Individual factory typical-floor plan.
Typical Floor Plan
First technical section through the individual factory building.
Sections — 01
Second technical section through the individual factory building.
Sections — 02
Factory wall section and construction detail.
Wall Section Detail

Final Outcome

Final factory facade and connection between production volumes.
Final view of the factory circulation and internal spatial connections.

Role / Tools

Role

Collaborative masterplanning, logistics and circulation analysis; individual factory building design, spatial design, 3D modelling, technical drawing and visualisation.

Tools

Rhino / Grasshopper / AutoCAD / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Enscape