o office renovates immigrant dormitory into colorful youth hotel — designboom.com

o office renovates immigrant dormitory into colorful youth hotel image © chaos ztang all images courtesy of o office chinese studio o office, making a name for itself with its masterful renovations of dilapidated abandoned concrete structures has recently completed the youth hotel, forming part of the iD town art district project covered earlier. the original structure served as a dormitory building serving the honghua dying factory housing the first group of immigrant settlers allowed after the open-reform policy was passed in shenzhen- a structure whose character has changed significantly even if its function did not.

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