Abstract: Based on the background of urban renewal and the current policies on the encouragement for young people’s innovation and entrepreneurship, the Youth Apartment and Hackerspace which have been more and more developed in recent years are focused on. With several field studies on the representative cases in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, doing some investigations on the salient issues such as social challenges, living conditions, community cultures, and regional identities of the youth groups, the design idea and constructive strategy of the symbiotic between the Youth Apartment and Hackerspace are put forward. which has the values for promoting community sharing, embracing contemporary needs, and fitting the trend of the urban development.

Key words: urban renewal, youth groups, youth apartments, hackerspace, community culture