The former office of 1305 STUDIO will be pulled down and we found this site near the Zhongshan Park in the Changning District of Shanghai. The site was marked as a garage in the original architectural drawing.

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Architects: 1305 STUDIO

Location: Changning Qu, Shanghai, China

Lead Architects: Qiang Shen, Zhigang Fu

Area: 480.0 m2

Project Year: 2018

Photographs: Shen-photo

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Text description provided by the architects. The former office of 1305 STUDIO will be pulled down and we found this site near the Zhongshan Park in the Changning District of Shanghai. The site was marked as a garage in the original architectural drawing.
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We have decided to keep the furniture and materials that were used to decorate the former office when designing the new office. Therefore, there is not much invested in the new office. Most of the furniture and decorative materials are from the former office, which makes the new office much resembles like the former one. Same stuff, different space. Everything can be totally different.

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