1933 Old Millfun - Hongkou

After returning to Shanghai and checking in our new hotel we visited a peculiar building complex called 1933. It is a concrete building that served as abattoir. Essentially it's a maze of inter-connected corridors and staircases reaching maximal efficiency as slaugherhouse. The slopes have rough surfaces that prevented cattle to slip. The building even has Art-Deco motives. All the windows were built facing west, the direction of the Buddhist holy land. This was thought to help aid the cattle's process of reincarnation. On a more practical note, it is also the wind direction in Shanghai and helped to counter the smell of slaughter. It was retargeted as medicine factory. Today spaces are occupied by offices, co-working spaces, restaurants, cafes and other shops.