The Building on the Water is Alvaro Siza’s first major project in China floats in an industrial park. The building of the Shihlien Chemical Industrial Jiangsu Co in an industrial park in China's Jiangsu province was inaugurated in 2014. The building’s structure sits on an island in the middle of a 100.000 m² artificial lake at New Salt Industrial Park and has a total of 11.000 m² of floor space across two storeys, with bridges connecting the spaces across sections of the large, curved office. The form escapes from convention and contrasts with the orthogonal shapes of the factory complex.