Walking along Hailun Road, then turning into Shajing Road to walk towards the former site of the Shanghai Municipal Council Abattoir, Shanghai's largest slaughterhouse in the 1930s.
Shanghai International Design Exchange Centre
The Incinerator
1933 Old Millfun
1933 Shanghai Slaughterhouse
1933 Lao ChangFang (上海1933老场坊)
Built in 1933 in pre-communist Shanghai
Designed by Balfours, a British architect
Walls are 50 cm (20 inches) thick and hollow to control air temperature
Rough floor surface were to prevent cattle from slipping
Lattice windows were to create maximum air circulation
Cattle were herded through 26 'air bridges'
Whole outer building was supported by 300 columns
Central Atrium was the main slaughtering place
This slaughterhouse used to process more than 1200 cattle, sheep and pigs daily!
Starbucks at the entrance
"Air bridges"
"There are over 300 flowering columns throughout this building. Reinforced with steel, the blossoming of the columns serves the very practical purpose of withstanding the considerable live-load which the structure had to endure, all without the use of crossbeams."
"The design of this abattoir (slaughterhouse) and the production process was based on international best practices at the time. The overall length of the cattle path reaches 150 meters which the cattle walked to holding pens for a period of feeding and rest before meeting their fate. The cattle path was designed to be very rough and anti-slip in order to prevent injuries. The cattle path was used exclusively by the cattle, while stairs catered to the workers. This separation between men and animals ensured both safety and hygiene."
Cattle path
Nice clean toilets every where!
Japanese restaurant
Micro theatre
Climbing up the narrow staircase. I preferred the cattle path!
Inside the Center Atrium
Looking down from the top floor
The umbrella glass roof
Trying to imagine how the slaughterhouse was run in this center atrium
Sky Theatre
A break with sparkling lemon and cucumber
Center Atrium
Center Atrium
Vintage jewellery shops
An old slaughterhouse beautifully revitalized. A gem for photography. Great for the imagination to run wild!
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