Weihai North Station is presented in LOPO’s 2016 archive as a terracotta rainscreen project in Weihai, Shandong Province. The source records two panel models and two corresponding nominal sizes, describes a red terracotta-and-glass facade, and outlines LOPO’s coordination with the designers and construction team.
This case study keeps those project facts and photographs while separating them from information the source did not provide. It does not invent an architect, completion date, terracotta area, installed quantity, fixing layout or measured facade performance.
Transportation-hub brief
The archived article describes a planned construction area of about 64,000 m². Within that total, it lists a long-distance passenger floor of about 19,000 m² and about 25,000 m² for public transportation, rental and social-vehicle parking. These figures describe hub planning areas; they are not terracotta cladding areas and do not account for the remaining area in the article.
The source characterizes the development as a large integrated transport station and “gateway hub.” Its programme combines the railway station with subway, long-distance passenger, bus-terminal and bus-departure functions, plus taxi and social-vehicle parking in underground facilities. No design firm, transport planner, contractor name, construction date or opening date is supplied.
Facade composition recorded in the source
The legacy narrative describes a brick-red terracotta envelope punctuated by illuminated glass and supported by night-scene lighting. In the retained photographs, the horizontal openings form a repeating counterpoint to the red panel field, while curved and rectilinear volumes show how the same colour family was used on different facade geometries.
The article says the designers intended the architecture to express local culture and a coastal-city image. That is the source’s design narrative; no architect or design practice is named, so no attribution is added here.
Archived panel record
Model F3022632
The source lists this model first and a nominal size of 300 × 900 × 22 mm first. The paired order is preserved as the article’s historical product record, not current manufacturing confirmation.
Model F3018632
The source lists this model second and a nominal size of 300 × 900 × 18 mm second. Confirm the present code, profile, tolerances, surface and fixing compatibility before reuse.
LOPO role as described in 2016
The source reports that LOPO China studied the facade structure with the designers and construction team and provided a custom design solution to meet a modern facade brief. It then states that items F3022632 and F3018632 were selected as facade materials for the project.
The wording records collaboration but does not define contractual responsibility, engineering sign-off, component supply, testing, installation, warranty or approval authority. Those roles cannot be reconstructed from the article or photographs.
What this precedent can—and cannot—support
Useful visual precedent
The photographs document a red terracotta field, horizontal openings, curved and rectilinear facade forms, glass adjacency and day/night readings at this station.
Useful historical product lead
The two model references and listed sizes can help locate archive information, subject to current product and document verification.
Not a construction detail
The images do not reveal the complete support, anchor, cavity, backing-wall, fire-stopping, flashing or membrane configuration.
Not performance evidence
No load, impact, fire, water, thermal, acoustic, durability, maintenance, environmental or service-life result is reported.
- current product data, samples and profiles for the proposed item and module;
- project-specific elevation, joint, opening, corner, base, parapet and movement details;
- engineering for panels, supports, anchors, substrate, actions and tolerances;
- current evidence required for the complete proposed wall and jurisdiction;
- visual and technical mock-up requirements with written acceptance criteria; and
- current quantity, production, packing, delivery, installation and replacement plans.
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