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Epean Studio by Fei Wang
This office in a Shanghai warehouse, designed by Fei Wang of Atelier Ten, features a staircase that narrows from four metres wide at its foot to two metes at the top.
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Called Epean Studio, the offices were created for an exhibition-design firm and house 100 members of staff.
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The project involved adding four new floors, including a split level on the second storey, supported on columns away from the exterior walls.
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The central staircase leads to all levels, turning a corner and continuing to diminish towards a conference room on the top storey.
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Photographs are by Shui Yanfei and Fei Wang.
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Here's some more information from Fei Wang:
Epean Studio, Shanghai, China, 2010
Epean China is a leading exhibition design company and they wish the new office show their specialty and characteristic, with new working and exhibiting culture.
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The new office is renovated from an old warehouse 600 sqm and 7.2m high, partially 10m high.
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Since the entrance is set and windows vary on different walls and the office will contain 100 staffs, the design is very challenging.
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The new office is divided into 3 parts horizontally, and 2levels for office rooms and 3 levels for open design studio respectively vertically.
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All horizontal slabs are attached with columns and away from exterior walls to get flowing natural light and air.
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A diagonal wall cut in the central open space to create the balance between the front and back.
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A grand staircase diminishes from 4m wide to 2m while rising, creating a strong Anamorphosis and connecting all 5 different levels from left, right, front and back.
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The staircase continue diminishing after turning 180 degrees following the high wall to connect the big conference room, opening up and as floating above cloud.
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A very unique simple and dynamic working, communicating and exhibiting space is created, by simple but sophisticated spatial arrangement, pure details and visual and corporal perception.
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Client: Epean China
Architecture and Interior Design: Wang Fei
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Collaborator: Epean China
Area before renovation: 600sqm
Gross Floor Area after renovation: 1400 sqm
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Structure: Zhang Jiancheng
Design: April 2010
Construction finished: August 2010
Photography: Shui Yanfei, Wang Fei
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