Project Name: China Flower Expo Guangming Conference Center
Location: Dongfeng Farm, Chongming District, Shanghai, China
Site Area: Approximately 2,000 sqm
Building Structure: Customized steel frame with steel–wood hybrid system
Year Completed: 2021
The Guangming Conference Center project was developed for the China Flower Expo and serves as a multifunctional venue for conferences and press briefings. The main structure adopts a customized steel frame system combined with a steel–wood hybrid design, fully demonstrating the flexibility of single slope steel building solutions in public architecture.
The primary steel structure was fabricated and installed using a pipe truss system, ensuring large-span interior space and efficient structural performance. The roof design follows a single slope metal building configuration, providing effective drainage, optimized daylighting, and a clean architectural profile. As the main steel contractor, Xinguangzheng delivered precise engineering, fast installation, and high-quality execution, meeting the exhibition schedule and functional requirements of the event.

Project Overview
Client Requirements & Background
This project involves a conference center for an international flower exposition, designed to serve as a multifunctional temporary venue for meetings, press releases, and exhibitions. The client desired a structure that blends modern industrial aesthetics with the surrounding natural floral environment, while meeting requirements for rapid construction, sustainable use, and future adaptability. The building needed to provide ample natural lighting, effective ventilation, and visual transparency, serving as a landmark functional facility during the exposition.


Product Technology & Specifications
Product Overview
The single slope metal building system employed here is a modern steel structure solution ideal for large-span spaces. Its single-slope roof design offers a clean appearance and efficient drainage, making it well-suited for public buildings such as exhibition halls, conference centers, and sports venues. The single slope steel building provides column-free interior space while delivering excellent wind and seismic resistance, with façade materials that can be customized for various architectural expressions.
Structural Features
Main Structure: Steel pipe truss system with high-strength bolted connections, ensuring overall rigidity and stability.
Roof System: Single slope metal roof covered with aluminum-zinc coated steel sheets, available in color-coated or wood-grain finish to blend with wooden elements.
Façade Composition: Glass curtain walls combined with wooden grilles in selected areas to enhance natural lighting and visual connectivity with the outdoors.
Foundation Type: Independent column foundations adapted to site conditions, minimizing earthwork.
Product Parameter Table (Modular Presentation)
Module | Parameter | Specification |
Structural Module | Building Type | Single Slope Metal Building |
Main Materials | Q355B high-strength steel pipe, H-beam, treated timber | |
Structural Form | Steel-wood hybrid frame + pipe truss roof | |
Span Range | Max. single span: 40m | |
Roof Slope | Single slope: 8° | |
Enclosure Module | Roof Material | Aluminum-zinc color steel sheet (wood-grain finish available) |
Wall System | Metal sandwich panels + glass curtain wall + treated wood grille | |
Thermal Performance | Roof and wall insulation, K-value ≤ 0.45 W/(m²·K) | |
Fire Rating | Class A non-combustible materials for roof and walls | |
Performance Module | Design Service Life | 30 years (main steel structure) |
Seismic Resistance | Intensity 7 (0.10g) | |
Wind Resistance | Grade 12 (basic wind pressure: 0.55 kN/m²) | |
Corrosion Protection | Hot-dip galvanizing + anti-corrosion coating | |
Sustainability Module | Material Recyclability | Steel structure ≥ 90%, timber ≥ 60% |
Daylighting | Roof skylights + side glass curtain walls | |
Green Certification | Compliant with LEED / GB/T 50378 criteria |
Environmental & Sustainability Features
This single slope steel building integrates green building principles throughout its design:
All steel components are prefabricated off-site, reducing on-site welding and waste.
Roof can be integrated with solar panels for partial energy self-sufficiency.
Timber is sourced from sustainably certified forests, complementing the metal structure with a natural aesthetic.
At end-of-life, the main steel structure can be disassembled and relocated for reuse in other projects.
Applicable Scenarios
Exhibition centers & conference venues
Sports facilities & training halls
Industrial plants & logistics warehouses
Agricultural greenhouses & eco-pavilions
Temporary or relocatable structures
Conclusion
The single slope metal building system has not only been successfully implemented in the Flower Expo Conference Center but also represents a flexible, sustainable, and aesthetically modern architectural solution. We are committed to providing end-to-end steel structure services—from design and manufacturing to installation—supporting efficient project delivery and environmentally responsible operation.
For more information on custom solutions for single slope metal buildings or single slope steel buildings, please contact us for detailed technical documentation and project case studies.
Architectural Customization Framework: Your Vision, Our Structural Language
We believe that exceptional architecture resonates with function, aesthetics, and the spirit of place. For public cultural buildings such as conference centers and exhibition halls, we offer far more than standardized industrial shells. We provide a customized steel structural system guided by spatial narrative. Every single-slope steel building we construct is, in essence, a structural stage tailor-made for specific activities and experiences.
Our customization is rooted in the shaping of space and experience:

The Poetry and Logic of Spans
We determine the optimal spatial span and height based on your core activities—be it a gathering of a thousand, an art exhibition, or an immersive product launch. The pitch and orientation of the single-slope roof are precisely calculated to become a formal language that guides sightlines, focuses sound, or creates a unique theater of light and shadow.

Structural Realization of Flexibility
True spatial flexibility stems from forward-thinking structural design. By implementing a convertible internal modular grid and a pre-installed multi-point suspension load-bearing system, we enable your space to transform from an open exhibition hall into a cluster of breakout conference rooms within a day—all based on our pre-integrated structural support points.

Integrated Design of Structure and Skin
We design not only the load-bearing skeleton but also holistically consider the structural anchors for curtain walls, skylights, sunshades, and even exterior landscape platforms. This ensures that both lightweight glass facades and substantial wood grilles can be safely and elegately attached to the main body of our single-slope metal building, achieving visual unity between the interior and exterior.

Cultural Adaptability Across the Lifecycle
The function of cultural buildings often evolves. Our steel structural system is designed from the outset with clear, economical interfaces and load margins for future spatial reorganization, facade updates, or lateral expansion, allowing the building to gracefully adapt to functional iterations over the next decade.
We deliver a customized spatial container with a high Cultural Load-Bearing Capacity.
Core Product Advantages
Choosing our single-slope metal building solution means infusing your cultural landmark with enduring value driven by cutting-edge structural engineering:




Functional Implementation for Conference Centers & Exhibition Halls
Our system is deeply customized to host public cultural and social activities, with functionality intrinsically linked to spatial quality:
Professional-Grade Loading & Suspension Systems
Superior Acoustic and Lighting Environment Control
Efficient Integration of Logistics and Circulation
Iconographic Formal PlasticityLet's begin by discussing the theme of your next exhibition or your brand vision. We will then construct a single-slope steel building that can tell stories, inspire ideas, and host the future.


