Bean Buro?s design for UBER?s new Hong Kong office takes inspiration from Gottfried Semper?s writings on vessels, where he described the notion of form and function acting as a structured whole, with individual parts fulfilling their own function while cooperating with others to achieve an overall aim and effect. 

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Architects: Bean Buro

Location: Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Architect In Charge: Bean Buro

Design Directors: Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, Lorène Faure

Area: 9000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Bean Buro

Senior Architectural Designers: Elspeth Lee, Isabel Entrambasaguas

Architectural Designers & Assistants: Michelle Ho, Tommy Hui, Abby Liu, Gigi Kwong
Contractor: Winsmart Contracting Co. Ltd

Project Management: Colliers International

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From the architect. Bean Buro?s design for UBER?s new Hong Kong office takes inspiration from Gottfried Semper?s writings on vessels, where he described the notion of form and function acting as a structured whole, with individual parts fulfilling their own function while cooperating with others to achieve an overall aim and effect. 

Plan

UBER?s new workplace, totaling 9,000sqft (830sqm) on the top floor of an existing office building, was inspired by such notion of volumes and functions. Inte...