The M.Y.Lab Wood Workshop is located on the first floor of a warehouse, which used to be the Dongfeng Sofa Factory in Changning District, Shanghai. Adjacent to the warehouse, it is stood a new-built 150 sqm attached room, forming a triangle lacunain-between. The task is to refurbish the 300 sqm one-storey warehouse into a two-storey commercial space, which is to be operated as a wood crafting learning centre.

Continuation Studio, founded by Fan jiujiang and ZhaiWenting in 2015, is a small-scale architectural design practice, specialising in architectural design, architecture and space renovation, and interior design. Based in Hangzhou, the team realises high concept design with spatial construction methods of narratives, concerning about the ongoing development in urban and rural spaces as well as local construction activities. Being known for connecting the design to the local area and its community, the team believes in designers to have appropriate values and foreseeability to utilisethe relation amongst architectures, users and designers, which “continuously”causes mutual influence and changes. Since the establishment, the team has completed various projects, including the Jingshan Boutique Hotel in Hangzhou, M.Y Lab Wood Workshop in Shanghai, Demonstration Area of Vanke Future City in Xuzhou, Casa Kang in Mogan Mountain, a B&B renovation project in Lin’an, and renovation of Hotel of the Stone House Group in Shitang.