Zhiwai Office in Nanjing China, Jiangsu Province Development, Commercial Interior, New Chinese Architecture Photos
Zhiwai Office in Nanjing China
1 Dec 2022
Architects: DSArchstudios
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Photos: STUDIO TEN / Tan Xiao
Zhiwai Office, China
The Zhiwai project is a unique presence that meets the needs of everyday office space functions, while also infusing vitality into the urban community.

Located in Nanjing Artist Workshop in China, Zhiwai creates a new kind of work-life balance in the commercial area. The designer uses height differences between the original building and the new elements to surround a sunken hub for rest and socializing — the rooftop garden. The space is an extension area of the indoor office space, used to express the designer’s personality and specific spatial attributes, while inadvertently providing a great place for the city to relax.
With the height difference of the site, the ?bridge?appears at a certain angle, acting as a medium of transition between the indoor and outdoor spaces. Walking along the ?bridge?, people pass an open bar area and pass through the door to reach a corridor that connects the various internal functional spaces. To define the difference in space, two new irregular boxes have been placed on the original building frame by the designer to ensure that the living room area protrudes from the building’s exterior wall. The bar area is composed of eaves, exterior corridors, and semi-o...