page_title: Taitou, Gaocun
section_title: Renovation process of 2016-17
hierarchical_section_title: Taitou, Gaocun / Renovation process of 2016-17
caption_attribution_description: English: Trees being planted around Taitou
context_page_description: Taitou, formerly, is a newly built village in Gaocun township, Wuqing District, Tianjin.
context_section_description: Shortly after construction of the Taitou residential compound was completed, and after residents had moved in, major renovation works were carried out on the exterior walls of all 21 buildings at Taitou.
  The process included:
  Chipping away the existing stone cladding
  Removing the old Rockwool insulation material from the external walls
  Installing new, upgraded Rockwool insulation material to the external walls
  Painting the exterior walls white
  Painting the exterior walls black
  Covering every face of every building with masking tape in a brickwork pattern
  Painting the buildings beige then peeling off the masking tape to reveal a brickwork pattern
  The exterior wall renovation process took nearly 12 months to complete, during which, the compound was littered with dust, rubble and debris. After the exterior wall insulation was finished, workers planted hundreds of trees and bushes around the residential compound.
  Haileybury International School used some of the Taitou debris as material for its elective handicraft activity.
caption: Trees being planted around Taitou residential compound after the completion of renovation works in 2017
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