Shoukai Shouyuan Heritage Culture & Finance Industrial Park, Beijing

Façade & Glazing Works: 11,500 m² | Construction Period: 2022–2024
Category: Heritage Redevelopment · Complex Mixed-Use Upgrade · Digital Twins–Enabled Construction

Located within one of Beijing’s most historically sensitive precincts—adjacent to the Forbidden City and embedded in the protected cultural fabric of the Imperial City axis—the Shātān Houjie No.22 redevelopment represents an unprecedented fusion of heritage conservation, modern commercial functionality and architectural innovation. Originally the former headquarters compound of Shoukai Group, the site was transformed into the Shoukai Shouyuan Culture & Finance Industrial Park, a pioneering typology that combines cultural functions, financial innovation and creative industries within a historically significant urban context.

Between 2022 and 2024, our team delivered 11,500 m² of high-performance aluminium window, door and curtain-wall systems as part of the site’s comprehensive adaptive-reuse programme. The façade package integrated thermally broken aluminium framing, insulated double-glazed units, heritage-sensitive laminated assemblies and low-visibility structural glazing, all carefully engineered to respect the surrounding traditional courtyard architecture and conservation requirements.

What made this project particularly complex was the need to preserve key heritage elements while inserting modern infrastructure and building services into a centuries-old spatial framework. To achieve this, we deployed an advanced Digital Twins (digital twin simulation) system, enabling:

• full 3D scanning of existing heritage structures,

• BIM-based coordination and clash detection,

• precision modelling of façade installation sequences,

• protection-zone simulations to ensure zero disturbance to culturally protected components.

This early adoption of digital twin technology allowed the design and construction teams to make data-driven decisions, reduce on-site risk, minimise construction impact, and ensure compatibility between modern performance requirements and historic context—a methodology that was at the time almost unheard of in China’s heritage redevelopment sector.

The finished project stands as a landmark example of how contemporary glazing technology can coexist harmoniously with protected historic architecture. Transparent façade volumes were strategically positioned to reinforce sightlines, enhance natural daylight and create a refined dialogue between old and new. The development has since become a model for heritage-driven urban renewal, demonstrating how sensitive conservation can be successfully integrated with commercial viability and modern building performance.

This project reinforces our capability to deliver high-precision façade solutions in complex heritage environments, combining engineering expertise, digital innovation and meticulous respect for culturally significant structures.