Linehouse Limited 聯圖建築設計

Herschel Supply

Herschel Supply

HERSCHEL SUPPLY

Linehouse

ARCHITECTS
Linehouse

STATUS
Built

AREA
1000 Sqft - 3000 Sqft

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
China

TYPE
Commercial › Office

Canadian lifestyle brand Herschel Supply commissioned Linehouse to design their first China office, located in a Shanghai lane amongst an urban residential area.

Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply

The site occupies an area where many old residential buildings are being demolished.

Traces of these buildings remain, allowing glimpses of what Shanghai everyday life may have once been.

Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply

Houses are stripped, revealing layers of materials, sectionally cut and voids are filled. This process of deconstruction and public vs. private was the driving narrative for the concept of the Herschel office.

Linehouse inserted a black metal framework into the space. Occupying this structure is a lounge seating area, pantry, meeting room, bathroom and storage.

Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply

Sectionally, glass divides the different programmes, allowing transparency throughout the enclosure. The surrounding open space operates as the work area.

The structure is lined with perforated and solid corrugated stainless steel.

Through the process of revealing and stripping the lining back, parts of the framework are exposed, voids to the ceiling opened up and concrete walls beyond expressed.

Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply

This utilitarian structure is operable, with corrugated sliding doors to the meeting room and pantry area, these can be closed or opened up depending on required privacy.

Approaching the site, half of the house framework leaves a trace on the exterior façade. The surrounding void of the frame is in-filled with a combination of recycled brick.

A raw metal pivoting door leads you to the interior. This operable façade opens to the laneway, blurring the exterior and interior, allowing the interior seating area to be an extension of the streetscape.

Herschel Supply
Herschel Supply

Linehouse Limited 聯圖建築設計
Linehouse Limited 聯圖建築設計
22A Gee Chang Hong Centre, 65 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong 香港黃竹坑道65號志昌行中心22A