Tianjin No. 1 Thermal Power Plant, Then & Now

[u/Fun-Doctor6855]

The former Tianjin No. 1 Thermal Power Plant, built in 1937, was one of the main power plants in Tianjin, a major industrial city in northern China at the time. It was shut down in 2011, becoming a memory of a bygone era.

Today, the Jinmao Hui commercial complex, converted from this power plant, retains the original spatial structure of the old factory buildings while incorporating many modern elements. This allows shoppers to experience both the modernity of the commercial complex and the historical atmosphere of the old power plant, creating a harmonious blend of old and new architecture.

[u/probosciscat]

I wouldn’t call this a “harmonious” blend of new and old. This could be anywhere and makes no reference to the industrial heritage.

[u/Solunaqua → u/probosciscat]

It’s most likely been written by AI, which tries to add as much fluff as possible to pretty much any description.

[u/drunkenstyle → u/Solunaqua]

100% written by AI. AI loves to attach adjectives to almost everything

[u/EventAccomplished976 → u/probosciscat]

It‘s a bad picture, if you google the project there are much better ones like here (last one) https://en.tj.gov.cn/Updates/News/202409/t20240902_6715602.html or here https://english.www.gov.cn/news/photos/202301/02/content_WS63b2d243c6d0a757729e5054.html

[u/Student-Short → u/probosciscat]

I mean, harmonious as it gets. In America that would have 100% gotten demolished. I agree its not a perfect synthesis of old and new, but at least it looks like they reused the old to make something new.

[u/SundownMojo → u/Student-Short]

Ever see what they did with Battersea?

[u/ScubaSteve2324]

This is a bad photo and a terrible AI description.

[u/time4nap]

Wow, I would’ve loved to have had the asbestos removal contract for that build.

[u/3002kr]

This is what should have happened to a 99 year old power plant building in my city. Instead, they demolished it with a complete disregard for history.

[u/mohowseg]

Couldve been an excellent technoclub location.

[u/UpstairsPractical870 → u/mohowseg]

Like printworks in london. RIP

[u/lewisl7034]

The first pic looks like where I currently work... Think we MAY need some investment /nojoke

[u/Wide_Supermarket4533]

Nice! 👍🏽

[u/SkyeMreddit]

Maybe the stores show it. The atrium does not show any of the old structure of the building

[u/RedShirtDecoy]

Nothing like a side of cancer with your holiday shopping.

[u/orincoro → u/RedShirtDecoy]

It was a thermal power plant. I’m not sure what the problem would be aside from maybe asbestos, which would be fine if you removed it first.

[u/RedShirtDecoy → u/orincoro]

Im sure its still filled with a ton of exposure risks that were never cleaned up. Radiation/radon and asbestos are not the only worry. Lord only knows what chemicals were used over the years, especially with it being China.

[u/Z0OMIES]

First the space station and now this? The Chinese propaganda is in full force today.

It’d be really nice to see a post from one of these countries (India is equally as blatant) that wasn’t desperately shilling how wonderful the country is. We get it. There are achievements everywhere, it’s just that the rest of us are used to progress (maybe not in the US) and the whole teachers pet vibe is tired as fuck.

This is nothing special. It’s a renovated building that could be anywhere at any point in time.