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THE LATTICE: ZHISHAN RESIDENCES
The city is redundant: it repeats itself so that something will stick in the mind.
Memory is redundant: it repeats signs so that the city can begin to exist.
-Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Studio Millspace
Taipei is a modern metropolis that manages to maintain a sense of community and human scale; alongside new glassy tall buildings, there co-exists charming arcaded low rises from the 70s, while the sub-tropical climate allows for a lush greenery to thrive and interweave throughout the urban landscape. The project site is located in Zhishan, part of Tianmu in Shilin district, which has a particularly rich cultural background. It was a gateway for foreign cultures, and still today, it is the neighborhood where most internatio... More
News • News • 1 Aug 2024
The Art of Absence: Neri&Hu Reveals Its Latest Café Design
For a space in a historic 1912 brick building that now forms part of Shanghai’s Columbia Circle, a former industrial park renovated into a vibrant mixed-used hub by OMA, Blue Bottle engaged Neri&Hu to design a café that would exemplify their brand value of community culture, inviting people to connect and exchange over coffee.
Neri&Hu
Impactful absence is one of the design concepts often explored by acclaimed interdisciplinary firm Neri&Hu. For this cafe, the design started with a sketch of a domestic structure. Subtracting the core structure left behind a white suspended form in the shape of an archetypal roof hangs over recycled clay bricks.
Beneath, a continuous surface of recycled clay bricks a... More
News • News • 30 Oct 2023
Neri&Hu’s Sanya Wellness Retreat is inspired by an ancient Chinese walled city
Sanya Wellness Retreat is located in Haitang Bay on Hainan Island, a popular Chinese resort destination in the South China Sea. Designed by Shanghai-based Neri&Hu Design and Research Office, the wellness retreat is inspired by the majesty of an ancient Chinese walled city — raised on a plinth, wooden pavilions were usually surrounded by water for protection. Neri&Hu’s design is thus defined by two parts: a large wooden dwelling that contains guest rooms on top of a masonry base that consists of various public spaces and amenities.
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Spread across an area of 83,000 square meters (8... More
News • News • 15 Mar 2022
Nantou City Guesthouse by Neri&Hu responds to the cultural heritage of the City's buildings with their latest adaptive reuse project
In Nantou City, Shenzhen, Neri& Hu has converted a nine-storey residential building into a guesthouse. Wrapped in metal mesh, the adaptive reuse project features eleven guestrooms and strives to address the cultural heritage of buildings in Nantou City.
Hao Chen
Blending with the scale of the narrow alleyways of the urban village, the guesthouse’s small entrance blends with its surroundings while offering a modern appearance with its light steel screen-like cladding. Engaging organically with the urban fabric, the new entrance to the guesthouse is created by extending a side street into the heart of the building, as if inviting neighbours and friends into one’s private home.
Hao Chen
Stripping back and cutting op... More
News • News • 13 Jun 2021
The Relic Shelter by Neri&Hu enshrines a compelling architectural artefact as the centrepiece of a new teahouse
In the southern Chinese city of Fuzhou, the Fuzhou Teahouse by Neri&Hu draws from the historical roots of the region by enshrining a timber structure from the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) as an inhabitable centrepiece of the new building.
Chen Hao
Surrounded by concrete apartment towers, the base of the enclosing building is made of rammed-earth, a construction method traditional to the region. The upper level is crowned with a copper-clad volume. Dark grey terrazzo paths meander around a reflecting pool at the entrance, leading to the double-height main hall.
Chen Hao
Upon entering the grand hall, sky wells bring in natural light to the depth of the enclosure, illuminating the architectural artefact on display. Upon re... More
News • News • 23 Apr 2021
Bauhaus ethos finds expression in MCM Haus flagship store design
In Seoul’s luxury district of Gangnam, Neri&Hu have completed the renovation of an existing five-storey building with a parking tower to serve as a new flagship store for MCM. Drawing from MCM’s strong brand story and German roots, Neri&Hu's design concept for this new flagship is inspired by the Bauhaus movement, which saw the fusion of experimentation in manufacturing with craftsmanship and traditional arts.
Chunho An
The Bauhaus ethos finds expression in the flagship store’s new metal façade. The exterior reads as a curio box with curated window openings that rest on a heavy concrete base. Additional structural reinforcement was necessary to support the new façade which was straightened... More
News • News • 19 Mar 2021
Schindler City by Neri&Hu challenges industrial park typology
Located in Jiading, just outside of Shanghai’s city centre, Schindler City is a new 32,5000 square meter headquarters designed by Neri&Hu for the world-renowned elevator manufacturer Schindler. Containing offices, factories, warehouses, research facilities, and a showroom, the architects sought to overcome the sense of isolation and vastness that characterizes many industrial facilities by emphasizing human scale landscape elements and public spaces throughout the project.
Dirk Weiblen
The architectural proposal is two-part: a continuous base ground level with floating lightboxes above. As a unified architectural solution, this arrangement challenges the typical office block/industrial park typology of individual buildings l... More
News • News • 18 Dec 2020
Neri&Hu elevate the mundane with their latest adaptive reuse project
Neri&Hu Design and Research Office are known for adaptive reuse projects. Their latest conversion in Shanghai elevates the mundane by transforming a small complex of ex-industrial buildings in the middle of Shanghai’s busy Jing’an Temple area into a creative interdisciplinary space with a total design vision down to the smallest details.
Hao Chen & Fangfang Tian
The central component of the renovation strategy was a complete reimagining of the main façade. The repetitive windows of the existing building are partially infilled with glass bricks while new operable windows visually unified with a black metal frame on the ground floor create the look of long ribbon windows.
Hao Chen & Fangfang Tian
The... More
News • News • 18 Nov 2020
Neri&Hu’s Papi Restaurant reveals layers of Paris’ history
In Paris’ 9th arrondissement, the new Papi Restaurant by Neri&Hu takes a layered approach to an existing 19th century Haussmann building. By carefully stripping back layers of finishes that have built up over decades, the architects reveal the raw beauty of materials beneath. Imperfections are celebrated rather than concealed.
Simone Bossi
Portions of old limestone and bricks walls, a steel column and a brick column are preserved and integrated into the design. A steel I-beam on the exterior is featured, while a portion of old stone moulding is left exposed. Old materials are juxtaposed against fresh new tiles, glass and wood.
Simone Bossi
A raw-steel-famed fully-operable glass facade provides visual continuity between... More