Hui Long Guan, Beijing 97 startersdwellings 30 parkingplaces 2300 m² retail-space client: VANKE, Beijing, China start: 2013 The project 'housing with a mission' is designed as a coproduction by five Chinese* and five Dutch** architectural offices and aims at building 1000 dwellings for the 'Ant Tribe' in Beijing. This is the Chinese name for the generation of millions of young graduates who live in cramped conditions in the outskirts of cities and work in low-paid jobs. The design of the aronsgelauff project started from the interior. Sophisticated flexible fixtures can adapt to changing use of space. The bed slides underneath the lounge, the kitchen unfolds to a dining table, the kitchenbench and wardrobe shelving are all rectractable. In the double floor of the the tiny balcony the AC device is stowed. Construction starts at the end of next year. *CN:Standard Architecture, Urbanus, O-Office, Node en CAFA. **NL: aronsgelauff, Next, KCAP, NL architects en Barcode