Renovated Lester Institute of Technical Education
In the heart of Shanghai's northern waterfront, a century-old building, the Lester Institute of Technical Education, stands tall. After a year of meticulous renovation, this historic building has been transformed into the Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute (DIIS). The goal is to create a world-class design-driven innovation transformation engine, continue the cultural heritage, and promote urban renewal. The project has been awarded the "RICS 2023 Urban Renewal Project".
Lester Institute before renovation
Lester Institute after renovation
The architectural facade retains a fusion of English Gothic Revival Style and Art Deco, with a strong emphasis on vertical lines and a refined and powerful appearance. The facade uses commonly used materials in Shanghai's modern architecture, such as natural granite, Taishan bricks, and cut fake stones, creating a dignified and warm architectural color.
"The Institute especially promotes cross-disciplinary innovation
We hope to integrate design technology and business
Mix different dimensions of knowledge"
- Zhang Jie, Director of Strategic Development, Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute
The newly renovated Lester Institute is an experimental field for cross-disciplinary innovation. It will introduce different carriers to participate in deep interactions and work with different enterprises to create an innovative ecosystem.
Kingwills Advanced Materials collaborates with the design industry
to settle in the Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute
As a new generation of eco-friendly material manufacturers with innovative technology, with the support of leading investors, Kingwills Advanced Materials has the privilege of settling in the Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute and participating in the innovation product exhibition space to co-create! Starting today, you can see an independent exhibition hall of ours in its Industry Co-Lab -DIIS x Kingwills™ Hypak™ Advanced Materials Lab!
Established in 2014, Kingwills Advanced Materials is committed to becoming one of the world's most creative material technology companies, creating sustainable solutions for a better and happier human life.
Hypak™ Flash Spun, a flash-spinning super material independently developed by Kingwills Advanced Materials over nearly ten years, has contradictory characteristics of lightweight strength and waterproof breathability, and is 100% recyclable. It can be widely applied in medical packaging, building energy saving-weather smart building wrap, safety protection-PPE suit material, industrial innovation, and creative life.
The birth of Hypak™ has broken the global monopoly of this production technology for nearly 60 years and has achieved a large-scale production of 15,000 tons, continuously changing the global market landscape. In recent years, it has been favored by capital and has broad application prospects.
The Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute project not only protects and continues the cultural history of Shanghai, updates the city's appearance, but also aggregates the international design innovation ecosystem through "innovation-driven, industry incubation, brand building, talent cultivation, international communication, and popular science dissemination." It promotes the exchange of cutting-edge technology products with Flash Spun water resistant material.
Kingwills Advanced Materials looks forward to letting more people understand innovative materials and helping the Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Research Institute unleash the driving power of design, leading the transformation and upgrading of the industry and the high-quality development of the economy!
Kingwills Advanced Materials-Flash Spun
Powering urban renewal and aggregating innovative forces.
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