Since the launching of the first phase of Bridge 8 in 2004, the brand has been establishing itself as a leading creative industrial park operator in China. With continuous expansion and progress, the Bridge8 requires a more creative and unique workplace to meet modern demands of its tenants. The brand DNA of Bridge8 embodies important values such as innovation, connection and modern urban lifestyle. 

The design reaffirms these values through its interpretation of “Bridge”, highlighting communication among space, tenants and creative industry. Before we started to transform it into a cultural and creative park, the original property was an old factory which was rented out to a supermarket afterwards. Based on the concept of “Bridge”, our design team first break the 77-meter depth dark box from the middle to form a large atrium and then connect the two parts with a glass roof to allow natural light into the building, which instantly change the architectural disadvantages into a transparent space. 

The interior space is all centered around the atrium where a magnified staircase is a visual focus. Acting as a vertical circulation point, the stairs symbolize for openness and connection, offering adaptive workplace, exhibition hall, event space and pop-up space for creatives. The two sides faced the atrium formed two “façades” function as the background of vertical showcase for the tenants’ products and service. 

Several black boxes are inserted into the place to provide private space for short-stay rest or conference. In order to make the indoor space outdoor, the design team choose metal grille with a width of 30mm and a thickness of 120mm as the decoration on the pure white base after many discussions, creating light shadow effects on the “façade”. When sunlight fell from the skylight, the simple and delicate strewn grille swing in the alternation of light and shadow. 

The insertion of wooden stairs and black boxes combined with different scales enriches the pedestrian system and sense of dimensions, creating a “sense of street block” indoor to the greatest extent. The neat lines are well proportioned and restrained, and always play a supporting role in a low-key manner. This is exactly what we want to leave an image for the settled enterprises - let the space take a back seat, so that the brand presentation and human experience are the protagonists. The first floor consists of the reception, exhibition, conference and shops which need image display. 

Meanwhile, we designed several functional modules for different types of pop-up activities. Simple combinations of these modules are able to meet the needs of exhibitions. Each of the other four floors are office areas divided into several types by scale. Tenants can scale and decorate their office spaces as needed. The space is designed to wrap around the atrium, which ensures privacy and also assures each office experience the different height of space changes.