Location: Shanghai, China.

Architect: Linehouse.

Linehouse has designed the Shanghai office for Bestseller, a fashion retailer. The office is a futuristic and technologically driven space that balances industrial rigidness with subtlety and softness. The elongated linear space is enveloped by full height glazing on three sides and is conceived as a sequence of dynamic and collaborative spaces. The design features a central vista framed by a luminous Barrisol stretch ceiling lined with a layer of glass fins. The entrance wall is a curved fluted glass insertion with a gradient layer of pink to clear that encloses three guest meeting rooms and the entrance doors. The teams within the office are divided by a perforated curved stainless steel screen and black framing. Around the central building core, a series of meeting rooms, photocopier room, quiet nooks, and a pantry are wrapped in a layer of coral coloured metal screening. The scheme contains a series of training rooms for all day workshops with a capacity of 150 people, dedicated livestream studios and meeting rooms. Varied finishes including profiled timber strips and fluted fabric panels line the walls. The design seeks to balance industrial rigidness with subtlety and softness through a series of curved interventions.

Photo credit: Dirk Weiblen.