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YEARLY PLAN Shanghai Showroom / SHISUO design office

韩爽 - HAN Shuang — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000

Confronted with an irregular original site, SHISUO returned to the fundamental element of fashion display: the hanging rail. A "single continuous rail" is allowed to morph in response to the existing walls, columns, and rainwater pipes. It traces the walls, bends to evade columns, and rises to allow passage, absorbing the chaotic nature of the environment and transforming it into a dynamic vitality.

Sunlight Courtyard, Entrance Lobby of Aranya / SHISUO design office

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In 2024, SHISUO Design Office was commissioned by Aranya to reimagine the lobby spaces within the podium levels of two mountain-view residences in Sanya. The original architecture leveraged the site's elevation differential: while one side of the podium nestles against the hillside, a narrow lightwell pierces through the interior; the opposite side connects to terraced platforms, forming the residents' homecoming gateway. A covered corridor acts as a prelude to homecoming. Walls clad in volcanic rock create framed window openings that capture exterior landscapes or assemble into a perforated screen, allowing light to filter through gaps. These contrasts of light and shadow introduce rhythm to the elongated space, mediating between the exterior and interior realms.

the Breeze Hall / SHISUO design office

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Breeze Hall is located in Lu Xun Park, the most important memorial park in Shanghai. It originated from a patch of mixed woods on the south side of the Lu Xun Memorial Museum, which was fenced off and designated as a dead corner left by urban development. In 2023, SHISUO Design Office was commissioned to reorganize this site—some trees were transplanted to the south, creating a walkway together with the existing trees in front of the Lu Xun Memorial Museum, and also providing a soft boundary for the new building. Other trees were moved to the flanks of the site, forming a large enclosed open space. Large trees and bamboo within the site were retained, and the newly placed pathways harmoniously interacted with them——All these adjustments endow the site with greater publicness.

the Coffee Shed of Luxun Park / SHISUO design office

Andreas Luco — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Urbanization has long been seen as a process that deviates from nature. In such process, people in cities gradually drift away from nature. For a long time, the cost of acquiring buildings has inevitably involved burying water bodies, cutting down trees, or encroaching on fields until people have become numb. However, humans themselves originate from nature, and the desire to coexist with nature is instinctual. The Coffee Shed of Luxun Park reflects our contemplation on the dichotomy between artificial and natural—how man-made structures, as buildings, can coexist, symbiotically create with nature.

Renovation of Somekh Building / SHISUO design office

Collin Chen — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

We are facing such a scene - with the development of China's urbanization, the construction land is gradually decreasing, and behind the fading waves, more old buildings are emerging in public, and the Somekh Building is one of them. Somekh Building was built in 1921 and is located in the historical and cultural area of the Bund. It is one of the most important works of the renowned Atkinson & Dallas Co. Ltd in modern Shanghai. In 2021, SHISUO was commissioned by the owner to do a renovation of the Somekh Building.