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CISHAN, a catering company with multiple brands, boasts an office on the top floor of a building in a business park near Xixi Wetland. The company prides itself on a low-key, restrained, serene, and rational atmosphere. Our design subtly reflects the brand ethos through thoughtful material selection, strategic spatial layouts, the interplay of solid and void spaces, seamless indoor-outdoor transitions, the integration of natural landscapes, and the display of antique furniture.
The original building layout features a square and regular column grid structure. Our goal was to create an open office environment that seamlessly integrates with the external environment while maintaining areas of privacy. The overall spatial structure combines solid and void elements. We enclosed a relatively "solid" central island within the column grid to house small conference rooms, an open kitchen, and photocopying storage. This multi-functional central island serves as a transition between public and private spaces, separating the reception and communication area from the private office area. Partially exposed columns soften the enclosed volume of the central island, allowing the space to flow.
Adjacent to the central island is a landscape void space to enhance lighting, serving as another core element in the office. Leveraging the top-floor advantage, we designed a sunken courtyard with a skylight connecting the indoor space to the rooftop terrace. The courtyard features tree pits accommodating various plant root systems, enriching the landscape. From the "living room" reception area, the open kitchen, the internal office area, and the aisle leading to the bathroom, one can see this courtyard, feeling the outdoor atmosphere from the interior. The outdoor landscape and indoor space are independent yet intricately connected.
This natural area provides views, lighting, partitioning, and spatial transitions, while also connecting the open office space and the meeting room. To access the meeting room, one must pass through the courtyard via a transitional gray space corridor, offering a unique experience of moving from indoors to outdoors and back. The patio wall design ingeniously extends to the roof terrace, connecting upper and lower spaces while creating a courtyard landscape frame for the reception room, maintaining privacy. Internal company stairs lead to the rooftop terrace, a completely outdoor space. Instead of using ready-made outdoor furniture, we custom-cast concrete into a fireplace, low tables, seats, and tree pits, backed by steel plate retaining walls and embellished with greenery, creating a multifunctional outdoor area suitable for relaxation and work-related gatherings.
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The entire office space features a ceiling-free design, exposing the original beam structure, with spotlights providing precise lighting where needed. Pendant lights in the open office area offer both upward and downward illumination, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere. Indoor materials are simple and restrained, primarily using wood, artistic paint, and self-leveling cement. The public area’s open kitchen and tea space are wrapped in black wood panels, with black-framed glass facing the open office space. The same wood panel material encloses the pipe shaft opposite the island, creating a semi-enclosed long bench space for resting, conversing, and interacting with the open kitchen. Window-side cabinets in the open office area also use black wood panels, integrated with office furniture, establishing a calm and restrained dialogue between different materials.
空间中偏柔和软性的元素来自业主所喜爱收藏的古董老家具,入口接待区的小凳茶几、会客室的茶桌凳椅、光井过道旁的边桌,还有开放办公区尽头的一把明椅以及一组中药抽屉柜子,都不约而同地中和了办公室的理性和硬朗。在此,办公空间与生活老家具的结合营造了充满禅意的氛围,沉静中带有一丝温情,也于细微处传递了这家公司内敛沉静的形象和⽓质。
Soft elements in the space come from the owner's antique furniture collection. The small stool and coffee table in the reception area, the tea table and chairs in the meeting room, the side table next to the light well corridor, and a Ming chair and a set of Chinese medicine drawers at the end of the open office area subtly balance the office's rational and rigid elements. This combination of office space and antique furniture creates a Zen-like atmosphere, serene with a touch of warmth. Extending the company's brand ethos, its restaurant 'Shy Table'—which serves modern Sino-Western fusion cuisine—is located on the ground floor of the building. From the top-floor office to the ground-floor restaurant, the design consistently conveys the brand's restrained and serene image and character, down to the finest details.
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项目业主 | 杭州此⼭酒店管理有限公司
项⽬地点 | 杭州云起中⼼
项⽬类型 | 办公空间
项⽬规模 | 300平⽅⽶(室内),190平⽅⽶(露台)
设计时间 | 2022年
建成时间 | 2024年2⽉
主持建筑师 | 董雪莲, Matteo Piotti, Andrea Maira
设计团队 | 八荒设计团队
设计范围 | 建筑改造,室内设计,景观设计
光学顾问 | 十聿(上海)照明设计有限公司
声学顾问 | 上海德洛声学科技有限公司
施⼯单位 | 上海翼楠建筑⼯程有限公司
主要材料 | 木材、混凝⼟、⽔泥自流平、花岗岩、石灰岩、玻璃、艺术涂料
主要品牌 | B&B Italia, Knoll, Slamp, Geberit, Axor
项目摄影 | 张⼤⻬
坚持“以时间作为唯一表达“的设计理念,关注场地和人与时间的关系:通过对场地物理、人文各角度的深入研究,收集场地所给出的“初步影像”;经过对功能、体验的分析,优化美学与效能,固化那个“模糊影像”;最后通过时间连接场地和人,规划使用者如何在每个空间层次中度过时光,以及空间如何经历时光与场地产生关联和互动。