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The well-known old buildings of the Shanghai Bund complex are either outstanding in size or unique in location, which impress citizens and tourists. This includes such a Western-style classical-style building, although the appearance does not look particularly grand. But its history and architectural style is no inferior. Today, let's learn about it together - China Forex Exchange Center Building. The building covers an area of 1460 ㎡ and a construction area of about 5000 ㎡, which is a neoclassical Renaissance style and was completed in 1902. The building is a 3-story (local 5-story) masonry reinforced concrete mixed structure. This structure is carried on a stable brick wall, the floor structure is made of I-shaped steel ribs, the middle is filled with concrete, and the window is a light brick arch coupon. The construction foundation part did not use pile foundation, but used sand cushion foundation and seesaw foundation, this practice was not common in Shanghai at the time. The building is exquisitely decorated, with the main entrance as the central axis to form a symmetrical structure, the outer wall bottom is made of Suzhou granite masonry, white glazed tiles and granite inlaid, and the color is harmonious. There are 4 coupon windows on the ground floor, and the gate is carved iron gate. The central hall on the ground floor is three floors high, covered with painted glass ceilings, and the second and third floors are surrounded by exquisite and elegant painted glass corridors. There are symmetrical white marble escalators in the hall to the second floor. The doors and windows on the upper floors are willow teak. There are also exquisite reliefs on the interior walls of the second floor. Although only three floors high, the building is also equipped with elevators. It is an earlier building in Shanghai that was equipped with elevators. The building was once the central office of Shanghai Democratic Party. In 1993, the building was renovated. In April 1994, the China Foreign Exchange Exchange Center was established and opened here, and the building became the office space of the institution. In 2009, the China Foreign Exchange Exchange Center repositioned the building and through the overall renovation, the building has the functions of service, display and disaster preparedness in the same city. The facade is basically well preserved, but due to the historical connection and expansion of auxiliary buildings in the west and south facades, the external facade has a certain impact, which has also become the focus of this renovation. The repair team restores the facade based on historical photos and understanding of the historical building ontology, combined with the traces left on the site. However, some parts due to the limitations of the use of functions, can not be faithfully restored, such as the external window still adopts aluminum alloy double-layer hollow glass window, the three-layer front facade is still closed. Due to the many road renovations and the settlement of the building body in the history of the Bund, the pedestrian road surface of Zhongshan East Road in the concentration of old buildings is generally higher than the indoor floor height. The foot of the columns on the exterior facade of the building is often buried below the pavement floor, resulting in incongruous proportions of the Tasgan columns on both sides of the building entrance. During the repair process, the construction staff cut the pavement floor and gradually exposed the original granite step height. At the same time, through step adjustment, adding drainage ditch, re-establishing ground buried lamp and floodlighting combined design repair, so that the high-difference relationship along the Bund entrance part will be reorganized smoothly, revealing the foot of the original column, and improving the relationship of its facade proportion. The lower face of the mouth is considered that it cannot be fixed from the inside, and can only be hung externally, so composite materials are used and externally sprayed with imitation stone coatings. The human face image can be accurately judged due to the retention of historical photos from different angles, plus the current situation, which has been cut off. The outline size can be accurately determined, so it can be restored more accurately. From the perspective of historical photos, the relationship between the dry angle and the photography distance is difficult to clearly distinguish. According to the opinions of many experts, the wooden sculpture of the top of the west side cabinet in room 301 was adopted. In 1993, a large number of equipment and pipelines were added when the interior was renovated, so under the original smallpox, the standard height dropped more. The biggest workload of this repair was to re-arrange the equipment and pipelines, reveal the original smallpox, and restore the historical space. The renovation project lasted nearly four years and was presented to citizens and tourists as a building full of historical vicissitudes and meeting the needs of today's use. The entrance of the gate: the carved iron gate of the gate is exquisite and beautiful, the towers and twin pillars on both sides of the gate and the elegant and delicate mountain flowers on the top are the essence of the entire building facade. The roof of the building hall: the interior hall of the building is three floors high, covered with painted glass ceilings, and the second and third floors are surrounded by exquisite and elegant painted glass corridors. #Dragon Boat Festival Happy Things #Travel Happy Moments #Private Secrets in the City