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A SECOND LIFE FOR FACTORY 798 A SECOND LIFE FOR FACTORY 798

1.Where is Factory 798? 2.What kind of factory was it? 3.Who designed it and when was it built? 4.How does it look like? A second life for factory 798

1 Where is Factory 798? An important army factory 2 What kind of factory was it? In the east of Beijing.

2 Who designed it? Who built it? Who built it? When was Factory 798 built? When was Factory 798 built?  designed by East German architects;  built with Russian help;  in the early 1950s;

huge walls of brick and glass 3 What was Factory 798 like? small round windows ships ships bent roof 2o-foot high walls of glass

More questions: 1 Why is it very different from Chinese architecture? 1 Why is it very different from Chinese architecture? The simple style of building of building The fact that they are German set them aside

2 What happened to Factory 798 then? More questions:  no longer used  stood empty

3 What has happened to Factory 798 now? More questions: an arts centre

More questions: 4 How did Factory 798 turn into an arts center? Some art companies asked…. move into... rent … This was the beginning of … bringing together … Center for the art Chinese artists,art companies, musician ----

More questions: 5 Why was Factory 798 welcomed by painters, music bands, artists and musicians?  not enough money;  often very large;  far from the city;  not to disturb the neighborhood;