To celebrate its 165th anniversary, Lane Crawford invited People's Architecture Office to create installations that explore vertical living in the future. Inspired by the hidden ventilation shafts and mechanical structures that support the comforts of modern life, PAO turns buildings 'inside out', exposing to view the large metal ducts found in the interior of buildings.

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Architects: People?s Architecture Office (PAO)

Location: China

Architect In Charge: He Zhe, James Shen, Zang Feng

Design Team: Sean Phillips, Charlotte Yu, Wayne Liu, Gao Tianxia, Leo Chazalon

Client: Lane Crawford

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Courtesy of PAO
Courtesy of PAO

From the architect. To celebrate its 165th anniversary, Lane Crawford invited People's Architecture Office to create installations that explore vertical living in the future. Inspired by the hidden ventilation shafts and mechanical structures that support the comforts of modern life, PAO turns buildings 'inside out', exposing to view the large metal ducts found in the interior of buildings.

Courtesy of PAO

In this imagined tubular living, horizontal spaces are suspended in the air, branching off from vertical towers. The standardized parts are factory-made and assembled on site. Their raw industrial surfaces contr...