Ideas to repurpose abandoned industrial spaces, taken over by increasingly gentrified suburbs, have been experimented across the globe. Among the most recent and original is the design by the Chinese studio we architech anonymous (waa) that transformed a compound of old warehouses in the north section of Beijing, used in the 1970s to store grain, into an immense playground with a retro-futurist flair, with elements that call to mind the colourful feats of Archigram. "We believe the missing link in the development of kids in a modern city is mainly experiencing the streets and spaces of a true neighbourhood." the architects explain. "We wanted to create the experience of street games and limit the use of electronic devices".
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