The SOHO Donghai Office was used as SOHO China’s Shanghai office. We developed the interior design in relation to their corporate image and their company’s character. We used a lot of white with some darker tones to represent both the SOHO style and, symbolically, a new and successful beginning.
"Donghai... A child's dream where the dragon lives"
From the start we had the idea of creating a white laser cutout feature wall separating reception and office space. We had in mind to tell a story related to the area in Shanghai called Donghai. For us it was very important that the story or picture we created should be first and foremost a thing of beauty. Our partner Andreas, together with designer Teresa Luo developed the idea of a child’s dream, telling the story where the dragon lives. “Showing” a dream is such a way gave us the chance to enrich the wall with all kind of creatures which could conceivably be imagined in a child’s dream.
Beside a reception, most of the space is dedicated to the 110 employees working there. The open office runs along the perimeter facade. All related service facilities and meeting rooms are wrapped around the building core. The office is mostly kept with open ceiling in order to achieve a high space but also to create an atmosphere to recall a creative studio.
