WeWork Yunnan Road, Shanghai

The design of the building was inspired by the surrounding areas - the local authenticity of Yun Nan Street, where the building is situated, to the hustle & bustle of Nan Jing East Road nearby, which connects all the way down to the classy Bund. Yunnan Street has a historic charm that is meant to be celebrated. The natural appearance of the street with areas of unevenness and imperfections expose a layer of humbleness and rawness that reveals layers of history that lie underneath. The Yunnan building pays homage to it’s roots and is layered with elements from it’s surroundings, which infuses it with life and keeps up with the bursting energy of modern society. It is then balanced by classically refining it back to its humble beginnings.