Chinese design firm Hallucinate created a futuristic office for Maike Group
Chinese design firm Hallucinate created a futuristic office for Maike Group, one of the country’s top suppliers and traders of metal.
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Located in Xi’an’s International Port District, the building pays tribute to the region’s command over trade and industry in its clean, hypermodern design, taking the storied history of Xi’an as a departure point for innovation and advancement. The interior walls take on the texture of vertical grating and horizontal ridges as though charting the aerodynamic contours of enterprise. The curved walls that greet visitors at the entrance also display illuminated data points, blurring the distinction between technology and materiality.
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Jenny Xie
Dwell Contributor
Jenny Xie is the author of the novel Holding Pattern, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree. She’s received fellowships from Bread Loaf, Yaddo, and MacDowell, among other organizations.
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