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• RootStudio transforms former Oaxaca convent into culinary centre

  08-10-2023 19:00
  
  Architecture firm RootStudio has converted a historic convent building into a centre for celebrating the rich culinary legacy of Mexico's Oaxaca region.
  The Centro Gastronómico de Oaxaca occupies the former convent of Carmen el Alto in the city of Oaxaca – the capital of the state of the same name.
  The rejuvenation of the convent complex involved restoring the original architecture and adding a new intervention
  Dating back to the 16th century, the colonial-style structure has been ca
  
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• Jean Macé School / SOL architecture and urbanism - ArchDaily

  08-10-2023 15:00
  
  Jean Macé School / SOL architecture and urbanism  ArchDaily
  
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• Digital House is an aluminium-clad micro home in Germany

  08-10-2023 12:00
  
  German designers Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created Digital House, a micro home that can be built without using nails or screws and was designed to be easy to disassemble.
  Added to a narrow site in a forest in north Germany, Digital House was constructed from recycled aluminium and timber and can be assembled by two people without the use of traditional hardware.
  Julian Krüger and Benjamin Kemper have created a micro home in Germany
  "Our main aim was to create a digitally f
  
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• RooMoo integrates local materials and traditions into Som Land Hostel near Shanghai

  08-10-2023 07:00
  
  Thatched roofs, recycled bricks and bundles of sticks were used to construct this hostel on Shanghai's Chongming Island, which Chinese studio RooMoo has organised around two existing buildings.
  The site is surrounded by water and forests, creating a secluded rural environment on the island that's located across the Yangtze River estuary from the vast metropolitan area.
  RooMoo completely transformed two existing buildings using materials found on-site
  The Som Land hostel was designed to integrate
  
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