The Chinese office is facing dramatic changes. Unpredictable organizations, new types of work and the impact of technology alter the 21st century office in a major way. For the headquarters of car company MINTH, MORE designed a radical new office typology.

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Architects: MORE Architecture

Location: Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China

Lead Architects: Daan Roggeveen, Robert Chen

Project Architects: Jaime Fernandez Rosa (Concept + SD), Sander Marino (DD + CD), Chuang Jui-Heng (CD+Construction)

Area: 25000.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Wassink Lundgren

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From the architect. The Chinese office is facing dramatic changes. Unpredictable organizations, new types of work and the impact of technology alter the 21st century office in a major way. For the headquarters of car company MINTH, MORE designed a radical new office typology.
© Wassink Lundgren

The transition from ?made in China? to ?designed in China?, forces companies to rethink their activities and work methods. Collaboration and interaction foster innovation, and should be at the core of 21st century office work. Simultaneously, work has changed from desktop, to laptop to mobile. All this requires - for an office environment - to absorb these changes and turn them into opportunities. 

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