A podium made of recycled grey bricks links three clean-cut office blocks on the campus that Neri&Hu has created for elevator manufacturer Schindler in Shanghai, China.To get more news about scale mesh curtain, you can visit boegger.net official website.

Named Schindler City, the 32,400-square-metre complex in the Jiading district unites all of the company’s departments in one place, having previously been scattered throughout Shanghai.The campus comprises offices, showrooms, factories, warehouses, and a research facility, which local studio Neri&Hu has linked within the monochromatic office towers and their continuous, low-lying brick base.

The minimalist finish of the three office blocks nods to Schindler’s Swiss origin, while the contrasting base of recycled bricks pays homage to traditional Chinese architecture and the local vernacular.The resulting design is both firmly grounded in local cultures and building traditions while celebrating the innovative and forward-thinking corporate culture of Schindler,” Neri&Hu told Dezeen.

"The podium featuring grey brick, a common building material in China, is a nod towards the material heritage of the project’s locale,” it explained.

"For the glass boxes above, translucent channel glass sections, interspersed with white metal-framed window slots, compose a building facade that is bright, minimal, and elegant – a subtle reference to the company’s Swiss background.”Neri&Hu’s design was the winning entry in a competition for Schindler City. While providing space for all of the company’s departments, the studio had to include office blocks within the design as permission had already been granted for these on-site.

However, the studio decided to challenge typical office block typology by combining them with the podium to create a "unified whole” – avoiding creating a series of isolated structures.

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