Space Slice Maotai Road Shanghai Building, SGG Headquarters, Architecture Images
Space Slice Maotai Road
Shanghai Garment Group Headquarters, China ? design by DYN Architecture
24 Aug 2018
Space Slice Maotai Road, Shanghai Building
Design: DYN Architecture
Location: 567 Maotai Road, Changning District, Shanghai, China
Space Slice Renovation Project: A co-working space spices up with fashion
The space prior to renewal:

Designed by DYN Architecture, a hidden gem in the headquarters of Shanghai Garment Group (SGG), is a fashioned related co-working space located on Maotai Road, Changning District in Shanghai.

In collaboration with SGG and Creater, the exisiting SGG building is transformed from a single-use office building to a modern co-working space mixed with retail, showroom, and office. Space Slice project aims to encourage interactions between different fashion departments and revitalise existing space. A four-floor co-working space with fashion related functions is inserted in the building.
The existing SGG building is support by a number of wide concrete columns (800mm*400mm). How to use these densely placed columns to create a clean and continuous space became the challenge for architect. The disadvantage would be an advantage. ?Why not to take the dimension of these columns to create something new"? The architect Yinian Dou came up with the idea of ?slicing the space?: linking wide columns to form thick walls to divide the space. By opening up some walls an...