［松江Ｘ社群］香蕉同居中辦公室開幕 Opening of Banana Co-living: SongJian Office
香蕉同居中的辦公室搬家已經好一陣子了，直到最近開幕派對的前一天，才完成最重要的換招牌與牆面公司名雕刻工作，一切就算準備就緒。每一次有新空間完成，都希望能邀請所有人來看看，其實就是想要找機會和朋友們聚聚，讓每個人對空間的想法互相分享，當天老朋友和新朋友都來了，吃著茶點，一起討論對於共居空間的體驗，以及更多對於co-living的想像。
The office of Banana Co-living had moved to a new location for a while now, but we recently complete the moving by changing the sign and adding the company name on the wall. Every time Lexi and Wilbur finish decorating a new space, a opening party is a must. It’s a gathering of old friends and a great opportunity to share thoughts about the space. On the opening day, either old or new friends came, sitting along sides with sharing co-living experiences and ideas.
香蕉同居中-松江辦公室的前身是知名有騰造像工作室，寬敞的空間還保留著過去攝影棚中的完整白牆，大片窗戶引進陽光，以喜歡的綠色植物點綴，即使在室內也能茁壯生長，整個以白色為主的空間更顯清爽與生命力。
從2012年開始，香蕉同居中的前身-香蕉客人Banana Cute落成，原本只是一間能容納十人的小公寓，Lexi 與Wilbur細心接待每一個到訪的旅客，隔年搬到了現在是東門co-living的三層樓小公寓，雖然和後來台北雨後春筍的許多青旅相比，仍然規模不大，延續Cute時期那樣，像接待朋友一樣接待客人的方式還是在許多旅人心底留下了印象吧！2015年底，Banana Hostel 得到了Hostelword年度台灣第一與亞洲第三名，但當時台北市區已充滿新潮又美輪美奐的青年旅館了，2016年中，一間友好的青旅即將歇業，Lexi 與Wilbur接手改造成現在的中山co-living，同時建立了香蕉同居中這個共居空間品牌。從Hostel到Co-living，中間的核心還是創造社群與交流，2018年初，香蕉同居中把同樣的核心搬移到了新辦公室。
原本計畫將這個空間改造成另一個共生公寓，但這樣本身就帶有許多功能性的空間，只單純給予室友們使用略顯可惜，於是改造成一間多功能的辦公室，頂樓的露台適合各式烤肉聚會，原先的攝影棚功能仍保留，同時也能兼有影片放映的功能。空間中設有簡易廚房與休憩空間，適合各式手作活動、讀書會等各式靜態活動，目前已預訂開設乾燥花手作課程。
Before Banana co-living, the space was once a photography studio, the window of the space let plenty of sunlights come in, which is perfect for indoor gardening. The white walls of the studio are kept, leaving the space a fresh and lively style.
From 2012, Banana Hostel was a tiny apartment that only hosted 10 guest. The owner Lexi and Wilbur host everyone as if they are friends. The next year, the hostel relocated to a three storied apartment where Banana Co-living: Dongmen is now. Comparing to other hostels which sprang out in Taipei later on, the hostel was still relatively small, but Lexi and Wilbur still carried on the way they treat every guests in Banana Cute, and it left good impressions on the travellers. In 2015, Banana Hostel won 1st place in Taiwan and 3rd place in Asia in Hostelworld annual award, but Taipei is already over crowded with stylish and comfortable hostels at the time. In mid 2016, a hostel was about to close, Lexi and Wilbur took over and turned it into Banana Co-living, which is Banana Co-living: ZhongShan now. From hostel to co-living, many things were changed, but the cores which is the connection and the community that they build is still there and move to the new office along with them.
The original plan for the studio was turning it to another co-living apartment. But the space have more potential than leaving it exclusively to the tenants for living. So Banana Co-living made it to a multifunctional office, with kitchen, lounging area and a terrace which is perfect for BBQ. The space is suitable for book clubs, meetings, crafty events. The office is already booked for a dried flowers making event this May.
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