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Through ‘curated chaos’ and a little TLC, a Shanghai boutique speaks to its community

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A utilitarian façade becomes the framework for a warm, elemental boutique on Shanghai's Yuyuan Road. - Wen Studio
The Home to Element’s 225-sq-m boutique unfolds over three floors of a formerly austere building. - Wen Studio
A  lick of Kelly-green paint brought the original rusty staircase back to life. - Wen Studio

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Construction
EMCC Shanghai
Lighting
ELA Shanghai
Floor Area
225 sq-m

When radical transformations aren’t feasible and sterility doesn’t serve, what’s a shop to do? Take a page out of Atelier Tao + C’s design playbook. 

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