Protection and renewal of historical buildings: Dongfeng Hotel — the former Shanghai Federation


Building overview: the total land area of Shanghai Federation is 2324 ㎡, and the original total building area is about 10208 ㎡

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The two open iron grid triangular plane elevators in the atrium lobby of the building are the only mechanical equipment in Shanghai and rare in China, representing the advanced technical level at that time

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The building is a multi-functional high-end public activity club building, which is one of the earliest Club buildings in Shanghai

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Overall protection, environmental optimization, comprehensive cleaning, protection and renovation of the facade style along the street, and reorganization of the building and its surrounding streamline; Renovate the external environment in front of the east entrance; Reset floodlighting to highlight key parts; A connecting body connected with the basement of “friendship” phase II is built on the west side of the building to skillfully connect the flow of people and service streamline between the old building and the new building of the hotel

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Key points of protection design technology in 2006, with the development of the traffic transformation of the Bund and the improvement of comprehensive urban service functions, Dongfeng Hotel ushered in the opportunity of protection, repair, utilization and renewal after being vacant for many years

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△ evaluation of the value of architectural art this 6-storey building with Baroque decoration and British neoclassicism style is an important part of the historical building complex in the south section of the Bund in Shanghai

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There are water seepage and weathering problems on the north and south facades of the building; The original doors, windows and interior decoration are aged and damaged to varying degrees; The basement floor is in a ponding or humid environment for a long time; The original bar on the east side of the ground floor was seriously damaged as a KFC fast food restaurant, and the decoration of the double colonnade in the vacant hall was changed due to the setting of film and television dramas; The logistics room of the building is insufficient and the equipment and facilities are old

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In 1989, the Shanghai Federation (Dongfeng Hotel) was announced as a cultural relics protection unit in Shanghai and the first batch of excellent historical buildings in Shanghai

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In 1996, the Bund complex was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit, of which the Shanghai Federation is an important and representative building

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The comprehensive building covers entertainment, catering, communication, guest rooms and other functions

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In 1863, the ground was broken to build a three storey corridor style club building (old building), which was officially completed in 1864

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The reinforced concrete raft technology used in the building was pioneered in Shanghai at that time

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Shanghai Federation building witnessed the development and evolution of Shanghai Bund

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Since the 1950s, it has been used as Seamen’s club, Dongfeng Hotel and other functions, receiving many international friends and the public

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After its completion in 1910, it attracts attention with beautiful and elegant space and shape

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The British neoclassical Shanghai Federation is the only Federation building in the Bund complex, with the largest long wine bar in the Far East

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Advanced steel reinforced concrete and steel structure are adopted for beams, plates and columns

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Shanghai laodizi feeling Dongfeng Hotel (formerly Shanghai Federation, now Waldorf Hotel on the Bund) is located at No

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In 1971, the Shanghai Federation building was renamed “Dongfeng Hotel” [belonging to Shanghai Xinya (Group) joint venture], which was vacant after 1998

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In the first year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (1909), it was demolished and a new building was rebuilt on the original site

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△   The restored facade of the building was restored

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In a certain sense, it is one of the epitomes of modern social activities in Shanghai and has important social, historical and cultural values

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The protection and utilization design follows the principles of authenticity, integrity, identifiability and reversibility, focusing on rational utilization and improving quality

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Major social activities were held many times before the 1950s, which was a high-level social entertainment place with celebrities at that time

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By 2007, the building has basically maintained the original historical style, overall outline and facade details, basically maintained the original spatial pattern and decorative details of the main space, and continued to use the original structural system

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It is a steel beam column and brick concrete structure building with cornice height of 23.7m and 6 floors above the ground

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The protection and utilization design strives to completely protect and repair the East facade and corner facade, reproduce its historical features, repair the brushed stone wall and exquisite carving, retain its characteristics and continue its value

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△ historical evolution of Waldorf Hotel on the Bund Shanghai Federation is an overseas Chinese club in Shanghai and the earliest overseas Chinese club in Shanghai

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After this protection and repair, the total building area is 9412.7 ㎡

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A group opens the dust laden memory, looks for the past years, and talks about Shanghai Laozi    Recalling that Shanghai laodizi people v

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It completely reproduces the historical style, and the appearance of the building is unique and can not be copied

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Repair and restore the pebble exterior wall of the North-South facade as it is, and update the damaged exterior windows of the North-South facade

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Combined with the development of the plot on the west side of the base, Dongfeng Hotel became the high-end reception and characteristic suite area of “Waldorf Hotel on the Bund” in phase II of “Lianyi”

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After the completion of protection, repair, renovation and renewal projects in 2010, the building has become the high-end reception part of Waldorf Hotel on the Bund of Shanghai

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At the same time, electromechanical, fire protection and energy-saving systems are configured according to the standards of top hotels to create a comfortable environment suitable for contemporary use and make it reborn

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The purpose of repair is to optimize the overall environment of external space; Reproduce the appearance and historical features; Carefully protect the existing and relatively complete key protection parts; Carefully restore the important historical characteristic space and decoration, make full use of its unique historical value, and make the architectural heritage move towards the future with elegance and dignity

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Advanced engineering technology value at that time, the Shanghai Federation building was equipped with complete facilities, advanced structure and rich materials, reflecting that the engineering technology with international advanced level at the beginning of the 20th century has been spread to the Far East, which has important reference value for researching the relevant development history of Shanghai area and Bund buildings in the same period

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The functions of each hall are different, the decorative details are inclusive, the style is elegant, and has the characteristics of the times

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The new building is designed by B.H

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carefully restored the layout and decoration characteristics of “the first long bar in the Far East”, and restored the solid wood long bar and characteristic wine cabinet

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The architectural style of the building is a combination of three horizontal sections, three vertical sections and huge column colonnade, with exquisite Baroque tower and plant pattern scroll high floating carving; The modeling style is beautiful, dignified and elegant

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It is a typical representative of the eclecticism style in the international architectural trend at that time in the Far East

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The building is jointly invested and constructed by British business Jardine Hyatt, jianneimen caustic soda company, HSBC, British business tram company and zhengguanghe soda plant, and British business Juxing construction plant

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As a club, it was a famous place for social activities in Shanghai at that time

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The foundation of the new building was laid in 1909 and completed in 1910

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The entrance hall is located on the basement floor; The ground floor is a two-story hall with arc skylight, exquisite and luxurious, surrounded by the original long bar, dominoes room, newspaper reading room, etc; The east of the corridor on the first floor is the grand banquet hall, and the rest are restaurants, libraries, billiards rooms, etc; 2、 The third floor is the guest room

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According to the historical data, when the building was built in early 1910, the East facade entrance was equipped with a canopy.

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In 1956, it was changed to Shanghai Seamen’s club

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After 1971, the ground floor and the first floor are restaurants, and the second and third floors are still guest rooms

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It is a famous multi-functional public building in Shanghai

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At the same time, its architectural style is fully implemented into the indoor layout and decoration

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Bray continued to design

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In the protection and repair design started in 2008, the protection design team of Shanghai Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd

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Social, historical and cultural values Shanghai Federation is the earliest club building for foreigners in modern Shanghai

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The current building is also one of the only original club buildings in Shanghai

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Tarrant of Zhihe foreign bank

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In 1949, the people’s government took over the building and successively served as the East China procurement Station of China department store and the procurement Station of Shanghai department store

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The outdoor of the connecting body on the west side is connected to the small square between the old building and the new building, and the main equipment pipelines lead to each floor of the old building from the basement of the new building through the connecting body

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The East facade is the main facade along the river on the Bund of the building, with atmosphere and exquisite details

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