The Poetics of Slow Office Space, Shanghai Office Building, Chinese Architecture Development, Images
The Poetics of Slow Office Space in Shanghai
Office Building Renovation, China ? design by Muxin design and research studio
23 Jan 2017
The Poetics of Slow Office Space
Design: Muxin design and research studio
Location: Putuo, Shanghai, China
The Poetics of Slow Office Space

Indeed, the images I want to examine are the quite simple images of felicitous space. In this orientation, these investigations would deserve to be called topophilia.

Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space
The politics of space, as advocated tirelessly by Lefebvre, is materialized as ubiquitous nets of power relations, rending all the office spaces a colosseum of power.
Every image of space emerges from the matrix of social activities and relations it contains, namely the interaction among people, objects and the space itself. The politics of space, as advocated tirelessly by Lefebvre, is materialized as a ubiquitous net of power relations, rendering all kinds of spaces a colosseum of power. In this aspect, office spaces are especially prone to become ?battlefields? of power struggles, a character that, rather than enhancing working experience and efficiency, often results in depressing places overloaded with tension and stress. Compared with ?fast? office spaces, living spaces are much ?slower?, characterized by the appeal to relaxation coziness and privacy.

Such topological distinction is what ini...