F518时尚创意园

This guide to F518 Fashion Creative Park in Shenzhen follows how a stretch of small metal, garment and plastics factories in Bao'an gave way, after a 2005 decision by the city's creative investment group, to a hub for designers, animators and artists. It traces why the developers chose to keep the buildings' brick, steel pipes and loft ceilings rather than start from scratch, and how the park came to take its name. Look up at the exposed brick and steel pipes above the doorways as you walk the central street that runs through it.