A wooden arch creates a focal point in the middle of this coworking space, enabling people to work within art.

February 15, 2023

Words: Peter Webster

Photography: One Thousand Degree Visual

2 Unique Coworking Spaces Complete This Office in Beijing

Having previously designed a workplace and a restaurant in this 11-story office development, WIT returned to create two additional coworking facilities: Fintech II, a triangular, two-story basement space overlooking a sunken atrium courtyard, also of WIT’s design; and Fintech III, a smaller, more conventional office on the fourth floor—a total of 15,000 square feet in all. Sophisticated parametric modeling software was used extensively to conceive both projects, not only to achieve such striking forms as the gracefully curving staircase that links Fintech II’s levels or the complex geometries of Fintech III’s multifaceted folded ceiling but also to ensure the limited square footage was used with maximum efficiency.

A white curving staircase with rainbow hued industrial pipes above.
Geometric patterns create visual interest in the ceiling marking a contrast from the wood floors below.
The underbelly of the white curving staircase frames a curved sofa and coffee table.
A wooden arch creates a focal point in the middle of this coworking space, enabling people to work within art.
a lightbulb tilted to the left on an orange and purple background

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