HCCH SHANGHAI, CHINA plans

Studio
Architects: HCCH Studio
Area: 1000 m²
Year: 2022
Photographs:Qingyan Zhu, STUDIO FANG
Manufacturers: Quickwall, VF, Viero
The asset management company occupies an entire floor
of a super high-rise office building in Lujiazui.
The team is composed of mathematicians and engineers.
The founder hopes to set aside half of the floor area as
public space for meetings and activities.
The space is expected to have a sense of technology and an
academic atmosphere.
The project tries to explore a light and calm atmosphere different
from the popular office mode that emphasize dynamic and color.
Space quality is achieved through a subtle material palette and
precise detail.

The public area consists of the foyer, meeting rooms, and

dining area.
The boundaries of the partitions are defined by three
curved walls.
The walls are bookshelves made of laminated glass and
stainless steel.
The layering of materials and spaces generates ambiguous
transparency. The ground is paved with concrete textured PVC, and the pillars and
ceilingthe
Natural light from the south passes through arecurtain
finishedwall
with micro-cement.
and flows between the array of glass. The strip light and the circular air outlet are flush with the ceiling.
Two curved walls enclose the external reception room, and the third
wall forms the dining area, where one can see through to the scenery
through the opening.

The space is divided into two parts by the

entrance gate: the public area as mentioned
above and the inner space as an efficient and
organized work environment.
The work area is composed of two big
analyst zone and a trader zone. The
workstations are arranged along the window
for day lighting, while enclosed spaces are
set around the core, such as focus rooms,
small meeting rooms, and IT rooms.

The floor is covered with gray textured carpets. Glass and

soundproof doors are used for enclosed rooms. The ceiling is
made of expanded metal mesh.
The equipment such as lighting, spraying, and air-
conditioning outlets are integrated into the gaps or above the
mesh surface.

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