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Transforming Abandoned Concrete Bunkers Into Eco Hostels

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28 Oct 2009 27 views
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Transforming Abandoned Concrete Bunkers Into Eco Hostels
There are reportedly thousands of abandoned concrete bunkers scattered throughout Albania, remnants of a Communist dictator's paranoia. Now graduate students have developed a plan called Concrete Mushrooms that would ‘invert the meaning' of these structures by turning them into an economic asset -- a network of habitable eco-hostels, cafés, gift shops and more.

There are reportedly thousands of abandoned concrete bunkers scattered throughout Albania, remnants of a Communist dictator's paranoia. Now graduate students have developed a plan called Concrete Mushrooms that would ‘invert the meaning' of these structures by turning them into an economic asset — a network of habitable eco-hostels, cafés, gift shops and more.

(More photos and continue reading at Inhabitat.com)

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