The recommended list of 2021 Beijing Internet Celebrity Places to punch cards, sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, was released at the end of the year. The renewal project of Tiantongyuan Culture and Art Center designed and completed by The China Architectural Design and Research Institute · Daji Design Studio is selected into the list of Cultural and art destinations in Beijing in 2021. More than 5.68 million votes were cast throughout the Internet, and 100 destinations were selected as recommended destinations for Beijing Internet celebrities.

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      Tiantongyuan Culture and Art Center project is located in Beijing Huilongguan and Tiantongyuan area (" Huitian Area "), is an old abandoned shopping mall renovation project, as the key construction project of "Huitian three-year action plan" has been attracting attention. In mid-October, CAI Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, made a special field study of the project, as reported on the official website of the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau. "The Tiantongyuan Culture and Art Center in Changping district has become an urban public cultural complex popular with residents since its opening," the report said. Tiantongyuan Culture and Art Center will begin trial operation on May 1, 2021, with a total construction area of about 35,000 square meters, including a large library, a physical bookstore, a medium-sized theater, a rehearsal hall, and an incubation space for cultural communities and associations. It is a quality cultural life space for Huitian residents integrating culture, art, leisure, entertainment and making friends. 

      Project location to build a new business CARDS, changping town tour through the specialized operation and provides the high quality for the suburb area cultural content and cultural services, radiating and driving the surrounding area as "central kitchen" of public cultural undertakings development, explore the new path of urban public cultural undertakings development, build a new benchmark capital for the construction of public cultural center. Mayor CAI Qi pointed out in the survey that we should adhere to public welfare, marketization and sustainability, give full play to the role of social organizations, and build a cultural front to serve the public. We will continue to work harder to return to the motherland, focus on the new five-year action plan, implement key projects on a rolling basis, and make every effort to improve areas of weakness in living standards."

Inside the entrance of the cultural Center

As a typical case of urban renewal projects in dense urban residential areas, Tiantongyuan Cultural and Art Center project is of great significance. Cao Xiaoxin, deputy chief architect of the institute company and principal architect of large design, led the team to carry out a series of designs for the project, such as status detection, structural reinforcement, improvement of fire fighting facilities and overall renovation. Cao Xiaoxin team through to the new and old the clever conversion and function design of architectural space, the refinement of complex structure reinforcement, as well as changing fire code and more high-rise building conversion complex fire issues related to modify, and use of underground change and transformation, and how to better and more efficient and economical use of the old mechanical and electrical equipment such as the problem of complex design work. The refined renovation finally makes the project a successful case of architectural renovation, fully demonstrating the wisdom of the designer.

Reading space at the Cultural Centre

Reading space at the Cultural Centre

Theatre, Culture and Arts Centre

Entrance to Tiantongyuan Cultural Centre