MINI Living’s latest project, a former paint factory which will transform into a multifaceted urban living space, is slated to open in April 2020. Here we discuss its progress with architect Oke ...
. Now, elements from these studies are informing a functioning live/work/play building that will open in Shanghai in April 2020.
Working with architect Satoshi Isono from the London-based Universal Design Studio, the team are using the existing factory as their base, opening up the ground floor and connecting the five buildings via bridges and thoroughfares. Central to the design is the open shelf structure, ‘the window’ at entrance facing the city and theoretically inviting Shanghai residents in.
W*: You have said that the MINI Living projects will respond to place - to local architecture, culture and needs. The three Urban Cabin concepts in London, LA and Beijing were specifically about introducing local character and stimulating a dialogue with the past and present. Here too you are working with the Jing’an industrial site as well as traditional Chinese window design as a way of offering an overlay of symbolism. Can you explain the design?and theirs is a very human-centric approach.
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