2024-05-07T10:05:00-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150092173/pao-completes-office-headquarters-with-a-running-track-and-suspended-vegetation Mackenzie Goldberg 2018-10-23T16:09:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/21/216852a6b1afdf40ac387b61b4e5eddd.gif" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/113497439/people-s-architecture-office" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">People's Architecture Office</a> has applied their unique approach to accessible and affordable design to the new office headquarters for the Leping Foundation. <a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149995664/the-people-s-architecture-office-uses-mass-production-and-readymades-to-deliver-affordable-architecture-to-difficult-sites" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Known for</a> creating modular buildings with portable, detachable parts, the Beijing-based studio has completed a flexible office design promoting social well-being for the equally impressive and socially conscious non-profit.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/3829dc46d2fe75592cd1aa2dac76d9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/38/3829dc46d2fe75592cd1aa2dac76d9ea.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo courtesy of People&rsquo;s Architecture Office, Jing Weiqi.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/92285ba8d127280f6b0de1440513cc6e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/92/92285ba8d127280f6b0de1440513cc6e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo courtesy of People&rsquo;s Architecture Office, Jing Weiqi.</figcaption></figure><p>One of the largest funders of social entrepreneurs in China, the organization offers job training for migrant workers, supports agricultural research, is working to improve preschool education, and provides micro-financing. As for the ideal office space, the Foundation's CEO Jaff Shen says "the most important thing is to create an environment that encourages innovation in a perceptible way, where highly motivated individuals can take part in forming an environment that fosters creativity."<br></p> <p>Ho...</p>