40 days from design to construction completed-How to transfer a half-way building into a co-working factory 

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Architects: officePROJECT

Location: Tianjin, China?

Architect In Charge: Chang Ke, Li Wenhan

Design Team: Zhang Hao, Zhao Jianwei, Chen Shimeng, Lan Kaifei, Cui Lan

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Sun Haiting

Installations And Structural Design Coordination: Rogrea Design Group

Client: ZBJ.com

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From the architect. 40 days from design to construction completed-How to transfer a half-way building into a co-working factory 

Before
Implantation and Demolition Diagram

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Longyue Hotel is a unfinished building for 10 years in Tianjin. OfficePROJECT was invited to transfer this abandoned 5000spm hotel space into a co-working model.   

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The first step is to catch the identity of the existing space. The space is high and empty. The rough feeling of an unfinished atmosphere is attractive and fascinating. We want to keep this identity as implanting several different space installation. Some different routes and experiences were set to encourage the communication and interaction between people and the primitive space. Through these paths, people start...