The project is located in Shanghai, on the North bank of the Suzhou Creek. The area, once the vibrating industrial engine of the colonial Shanghai,  is today undergoing an unprecedented and controversial process of transformation, where consistent portions of the original urban fabric, 'carpets' of shikumen intertwined with warehouses and industrial artifacts, are being cancelled together with the memory they represent, replaced by high rise residential and office towers. 

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Architects: Kokaistudios

Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Design Team: Andrea Destefanis, Filippo Gabbiani, Pietro Peyron, Li Wei, Liu Chang, He Wenbin, Daniele Pepe, San Dino Arcilla, Liding Yu, Anna-Maria Austerveil
Area: 6000.0 sqm

Photographs: Dirk Weiblen

© Dirk Weiblen

From the architect. The project is located in Shanghai, on the North bank of the Suzhou Creek. The area, once the vibrating industrial engine of the colonial Shanghai,  is today undergoing an unprecedented and controversial process of transformation, where consistent portions of the original urban fabric, 'carpets' of shikumen intertwined with warehouses and industrial artifacts, are being cancelled together with the memory they represent, replaced by high rise residential and office towers. 

© Dirk Weiblen

The warehouse, an early 20...