In 2021, I was invited by my friend Qiye, to design a central building in the center of the creative industry park that I renovated for him. However, we are both spaced out those days as our wives are facing a similar dilemma. We are distracted yet tried to take our minds off anxiety by working, but it was hard to fully concentrate.
Project name
Copper blockhouse
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
MI Kejie, XU Nan, DAI Ruoyu
Collaborators
Project manager: MU Zhilin; Construction drawing design firm: Shanghai Southeast United Engineering Design Co., Ltd
Construction
Shanghai Qikufangyun Culture Technology Co., Ltd
Material
Copper, stainless steel, micro cement, glass
Client
Shanghai Jiayun Investment Management Development Co., Ltd
Typology
Museum › Cultural Architecture
With the beginning of 2023, the Zikawei Library, designed by Wutopia Lab for four years, was officially opened. Coming to be the most sensational cultural landmark in Shanghai, it was also the first time that the project was known to the whole city before the official announcement from the studio. Now, this article is more like a summary instead of...
Project name
Zikawei Library
Architecture firm
Wutopia Lab
Location
Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
CreatAR Images
Principal architect
YU Ting
Design team
Project Manager: PU Shengrui; Pre-Project Architect: LI Mingshuai; Post-Project Architect: PU Shengrui
Collaborators
Library Phase Design Team: KANG Qinghe, JIANG Xueqin, AN An, CHEN Jun, CHEN Shaofen, WANG Jing; Design Consultation: S5 Design Co., Ltd; Bookstore Phase Design Team: JIN Rui, PAN Hui, WANG Liyang, PAN Dali, YU Jing; Graphic Design Consultant: MEEM DESIGN (XIU Zi，CHEN Siyu); Exhibit Design Consultant: Shanghai Art-Designing Co., LTD.; Installation Construction and Design: Fab-Union Technology; Construction Drawing: Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Lighting
Lighting Design Consultant: ZHANG Chenlu, CAI Mingjie, WEI Shiyu; Lighting Design Consultant for Installation: ZHANG Chenlu, DU Yuxuan, LI Wenhai
Construction
Arcplus Architectural Decoration & Landscape Design Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Client
Xuhui District Administration of Culture and Tourism, Xuhui District Library
Typology
Educational Architecture › Library
The Joye & Sam Lifestyle Market is located in the French Concession district of Shanghai, surrounded by a century worth of cultural heritage and atmosphere. Known as the Champs-Elysées of the East, the area is the city’s cultural hotspot, and is the home of various landmark institutions such as the Shanghai Library, the Shanghai Symphony Hall and t...
Project name
Tales Creative
Architecture firm
Joye & Sam Lifestyle Market
Location
No. 8 Hengshan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
Photography
studio SZ, Justin Szeremeta
Design team
Lingli Gao, Rick Chuang
Collaborators
LDI: Yangchuan Construction
Interior design
Zuoyi Design Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Construction
Shanghai Hengpin Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd.
Material
Ceramic tiles, microcement, terrazzo, paint, glass
The brand name of Sukhothai Hotel is derived from the first independent dynasty in Thailand's history - Sukhotai, which means "the dawn of happiness". In 2017, Sukhothai opened its first location in China at the heart of Shanghai with the concept of an “urban oasis”, bringing modern urbanites the traditional Southeast Asian hospitality with a conte...
Project name
The Sala Garden
Architecture firm
LUKSTUDIO
Location
No.380 Weihai Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai, China
Principal architect
Christina Luk
Design team
Yicheng Zhang, Min Dai, Haixin Wang, Vivi Du, Yoko You, Kate Deng
Design year
2020.09 - 2021.03
Completion year
2021.07 - 2021.12
Structural engineer
Shanghai Sanyao Structural Consulting & Design Co.,Ltd
Construction
Shanghai Zhuzong Group Construction Developments Co., Ltd.
Landscape
YU CHUAN WEN Garden Design Studio
Material
Carbonized wood (Koshii Wood), carbonized bamboo floor (REBO), carbonized bamboo screen, teak, outdoor fabric, steel, stainless steel, aluminum tube, granite, sun shading (Guthrie Douglas)
Client
The Sukhothai Shanghai
This case introduces a special home type - A Home for Producers on Lake Ville V, located in Xintiandi, the heart of downtown Shanghai. As a top landmark in Shanghai, Lake Ville V, is not only a residence, but also a symbol of Shanghai’s cultural heritage, carrying the unique style and artistic atmosphere of the city. Due to its premium geographic l...
Project name
A Home for Producers
Architecture firm
Superorganism Architects
Location
Xintiandi, Shanghai, China
Principal architect
Chih Da LIN
Material
Brands and materials: Cassina, Baxter, Boffi
Typology
Residential › House
Cultivating elegance in the everyday. Located in the North Bund of Hongkou District, Hall of the Sun is a 180,000 square meter commercial hub with an emphasis of nature in the design, including its curvilinear facade and a 3-storey-high biophilic food hall under Shanghai’s largest skylight roof canopy. Informed by the organic architecture, Lukstudi...
Project name
Refining the Ordinary
Interior design
LUKSTUDIO
Location
No. 181 Rui Hong Road, Hong Kou District, Shanghai, China
Photography
Peter Dixie, Yui Zhang
Principal designer
Christina Luk
Design team
Yicheng Zhang, Haixin Wang, Edoardo Nieri, Dong Wu, Charis Nicolaou, Kevin Yang, Wendy Zhang, Jimmy Zhu, Weifeng Yu, Xiaojian Yan, Sarah Wang
Collaborators
Post-Processing : Eagle Impression; Executive Architect : Wang Tung (Shanghai) Architectural Design Co., Ltd Structural engineering : Arup International Consultants (Shanghai) Co., Ltd Environmental and EMP : Parsons Brinckerhoff Engineering Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch Lighting : Lighting Planners Associates Lighting Development : Shanghai Tongji Interior Design Engineering Company Landscape : Design Land Collaborative VI Consultant : Dutton Bray Design Limited Construction : China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd
Architecture firm
Arquitectonica
Material
Limestone, ceramic tile, GRG, wood veneer, wood film, stainless steel, lighting film
Client
Rui Hong Xin Cheng
That was the design challenge for our first cinema project for MOViE MOViE at the Taikoo Li Qiantan, a mixed-use development recently completed in Shanghai. We started off asking what is the cinema experience? It is a moment of escape, an internal journey, or an expedition to another world. To complement these adventures, we set out to create a phy...
Project name
The Montage Excursion
Architecture firm
LUKSTUDIO
Location
S-L3-13, Stone Zone, Taikoo Li Qiantan, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China
Principal architect
Christina Luk
Design team
Dong Wu, Munyee Ng, Edoardo Nieri, Yoko You, Yiren Ding, Weifeng Yu, Kate Deng, Rebecca Tan, Haibin Chao, Jenny Wang, Vivi Du
Collaborators
Drawing Development: Luli Design
Interior design
LUKSTUDIO
Construction
Jiaye Interior Design & Decoration Co., Ltd
Typology
Commercial, Cinema, Book Store
Designer Liu Daohua often applies "architectural thinking" in interior design, combining color with shape to build a strong visual impact and a unique personal temperament of space art. This kind of temperament can best reflect the designer's philosophy, but it also requires the designer to have a good foresight, firm grip of work and a steady "cha...
Project name
Shanghai Zi Fu Hui
Architecture firm
LDH Architectural Design
Location
Shanghai Plaza, No. 138 Huaihai Mid-road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
Principal architect
Liu Daohua
Design team
Wang Kexin, Yang Baobin, Li Youzhe, Ren Yiqiong
Interior design
LDH Architectural Design
