The Fuchengyin Boutique Hotel is located in the southwest corner of Linhai Old Town, Zhejiang, and is transformed from the former Taizhou Printing Factory founded in 1949. Adjacent to a 530-year-old camphor tree and ancient city wall, the project retains the original three-courtyard layout. Through a strategy of demolition, restoration, preservation, renewal, and integration, it is reimagined as a hybrid cultural venue integrating hotel, bookstore, exhibition, and dining functions to meet contemporary cultural needs.
Nine original buildings are preserved. Building 8 serves as the hotel lobby, keeping its Ming-era façade; Buildings 5 and 6 adopt twisted roofs and wave-like metal cladding to evoke the sea and printmaking. A new historical corridor forms a contrast between gabled walls and glass curtain façades. The spatial sequence is structured through material contrasts, visual axes, and curated circulation paths.
Interiors extend the architectural language with exposed steel, concrete, reclaimed brick, and timber. Elements like chimneys and stone walls are preserved, with skylights enhancing the sense of historic immersion—a model for culturally rooted industrial regeneration.
