Beijing, CN
The project occupies about 2,000m2, with its construction area of over 5,000m2. The Universal Industrial Park was transformed from a factory manufacturing kinescopes in the 1980s, and the office space (design area: 1,800m2) of Mafengwo's (brand name of a tourism website) global headquarters is located in one section (width: nearly 30m) of an old two-and-a-half-story workshop (depth: 80m; length: 200m) within this Park.
Seen from the architecture's historical course and context, the designer has retained large amounts of original information on the materials and times of architecture, based on which the architecture has been in coherence with Mafengwo's culture and spirits via the reinterpretation of interior space.
"It is a container encouraging users themselves to give a full play to their imaginations constantly for recreating such a space, and my job is only to create this space", Zou Yingxi the Architect said for this project, stressing that designs should allow the interpretation of freedom with all might and main.
Project Information
Project name: Mafengwo's Global Headquarters (Phase I)
Principle architect: Zou Yingxi
Design company: SYN Architects
Design team: Xia Fuqiang, Jiang Zhihua, Xie Furong, Cao Zhenzhen, Liu Tingting, Liu Jiansheng
Project type: Interior design & renovation
Ground area: 1800㎡
Designed Year: March 2015
Project location: Universal International Pioneer Park, No.9 Jiuxianqiao North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Construction area: 5024㎡
Project status: Completion
Constructor: Huachengboyuan Architectural Engineering Co., Ltd.
Photographer: BenMo studio / YanMing
Status: Built
Location: Beijing, CN
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Constructor: Huachengboyuan Architectural Engineering Co., Ltd.
Photographer: BenMo studio / YanMing