Shanghai 1933 Slaughterhouse June 2014

1933 Shanghai is located in Hongkou District of Shanghai.  It is designed by the British and built in 1933 to be used as a slaughterhouse.  Now, it has been restored as a creative hub with cafes, restaurants, shops, and design workshops.  The four storey concrete building is built around a central atrium and has a spiderweb of ramps, “air bridges”, stairs, and corridors, like one of Escher’s paintings.

DSCF1383The Art Deco facade of the 1933 building.

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One of the 26 “air bridges” connecting the center circular core to the outer square of the building.

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DSCF1400Heading up one of the numerous ramps.

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DSCF1415Art Deco window

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Cappadocia July 2013

Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia of Turkey.  Ancient volcanic eruptions covered this region with thick ash which solidified into a soft rock.

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