Caizhai Village is a traditional mountain village built along both banks of a river over the past two hundred years. The village has always been known for its best tofu production in the county region. But the products from the traditional family workshops could not fit into current food certificate standards to be able to sell in supermarket.

A new factory is programmed on a linear slope following the river by the village entrance, as a village collective economic entity and to upgrade the traditional tofu production.

The building volume is spreading along the slope by six production functions: preparation room, grinding compartment, boiling compartment, deep-frying compartment, drying compartment, and tasting hall.

All the production spaces are designed and equipped to upgrade traditional tofu products fitting with food certificate requirements. This will allow the tofu products to sell in city supermarkets and to increase the village economic revenue.

A covered walkway for visitors takes the steps up to observe the traditional tofu makingprocess in sequence, and finally arrive at the tasting hall facing an open plaza to the south and the historical village fabric across the river.

Assembly timber structure system is applied to the building as a modern production factoryand also creates a dialogue with the vernacular "tenon & mortis" wooden structure in old farm houses in the village.

Material Used :
1. Facade cladding: Glulam, board，Shanghai Rongjia Wood Structure House Engineering Co., Ltd
2. Flooring: Concrete, (made by local construction team)
3. Doors: Glulam, door frame，Shanghai Rongjia Wood Structure House Engineering Co., Ltd
4. Windows: Glulam, Window frame, Shanghai Rongjia Wood Structure House Engineering Co., Ltd
5. Roofing: Clay, Tiles, (made by local construction team)
6. Interior lighting: Aluminum alloy, LED Luminaire, acolyte
7. Interior furniture: Cedarwood, table/chair/Tofu making tools，(made by local construction team)