Chinese studio Dongqi Design has turned a disused factory in Shanghai into a multi-brand fashion and lifestyle store, adding glossy marble and metal surfaces to offset its exposed concrete shell.
Set across three floors, the XC273 retail space houses designer showrooms and pop-ups alongside a small cafe, as well as providing spaces for temporary exhibitions and events.
Dongqi Design has turned a former factory into a fashion boutique
Formerly a state-owned towel factory, the building had already been changed several times before the latest round of renovations.
Dongqi Design strived to preserve and emphasise these different layers of history, which are contrasted against shiny new finishes to create a kind
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