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Headquartered in Beijing, Xiaozhu commissioned People?s Architecture Office and People?s Industrial Design Office to design House Parts Office, their latest office space located in the city?s hi-tech center. Xiaozhu (literally ?small pig? but homophonous with ?short stay?) is a peer-to-peer housing rental website. The startup is China?s rival to Airbnb and part of the country?s new ?shared economy?.
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Launched four years ago, Xiaozhu is now valued at $300 million plus. The unpredictability of such rapid growth requires a highly flexible work environment. Our design features spaces and furniture that easily combine and separate, mobile meeting rooms, and power outlets that swing to desired locations. Like Xiaozhu?s online business, the office interior consists of a collage of various domestic spaces. The design inserts the casual comfort of home life into the workplace, reflecting the company?s open spirit. Courtesy of People’s Architecture Office
House Parts Office is conceived as a house that has been divided and its parts dispersed throughout an otherwise banal office interior. Shared interior finishes between split spaces make apparent that adjacent portions refer to a single room.
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These sliced samples of domesticity include kitchen, living room, and bedroom and double as ad hoc meeting areas. House Parts Office als...