Yiku Creative Industry Park

　　Yiku Creative Park is Tianjin’s first creative industry park formed through the comprehensive planning and renovation of old factory buildings. It is invested in, operated, and managed by Tianjin Yiku Creative Enterprise Management Service Co., Ltd. These buildings, which embody the industrial history of Tianjin, have been creatively transformed by designers in a way that preserves their original structure, highlighting the fusion of past and present. On September 28, 2007, after 70 days of comprehensive renovation, Yiku officially opened. As the core part of the Xiangtan Road Creative Industry Cluster, the park is primarily positioned in the field of urban space design. Making full use of its carrier resources and locational advantages, it has transformed the former Tianjin Foreign Trade Carpet Factory into a model creative industry park.

　　Stepping into Yiku, one can’t help but feel a sense of time travel. Half a century ago, this was a bustling old-style light industrial carpet factory with production lines in full operation; half a century later, it has become a tranquil and creative district. The expansive factories, built with red bricks and solid wood, are open and airy, once bearing the historical memory of Tianjin’s industrial past, and now providing an ideal space for creative minds. Those industrial buildings, exuding a retro and nostalgic vibe, are paired with glass and steel-framed cantilever structures, harmoniously integrating with contemporary architectural concepts such as simplicity, transparency, environmental friendliness, and energy efficiency. They embody Yiku’s philosophy of comfortable, free, and sunny living and working, and have made Yiku a symbol and emblem of Tianjin’s creative industry.

　　Transportation Guide

　　Address: No. 11 Xiangtan Road, Hongqiao District, Tianjin

　　How to Get There: Take Metro Line 1 (toward Liuyuan), get off at Honghuali Station, then transfer to Bus 879 (or 860) and get off at Hongqi Didao Station. Alternatively, take Bus 503, 865, or air-conditioned Bus 688 and get off at Hongqi Didao Station.