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Construction has begun on a new headquarters for the Chinese fashion company Xinhee in the southeastern city of Xiamen. If the renderings are anything to go by, Xinhee\u2019s competitors will soon be MAD<\/a> with envy!<\/p>\n

For this project, the Chinese architecture firm MAD decided to follow the methods of the fashion industry, taking the human body as a source of inspiration. The resulting design includes a translucent PTFE plastic exterior propped up by visible steel supports.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe envision it as a building with skin and bones,\u201d explained MAD founder Ma Yansong. \u201cThe correspondence of clothing and architecture is they both explore the relationship between the interior and the exterior.\u201d<\/p>\n

The translucent skin allows sunlight to pour into the building, providing Xinhee\u2019s decorous plants with nourishment and their employees with stellar views of one of China\u2019s most attractive cities. A special coating will be applied to the skin that moderates the amount of light and heat that enters the building, providing an energy-efficient solution to the problems of light and temperature control. Much of the rest of the building\u2019s energy needs will be met by solar panels installed on the roof.<\/p>\n

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Yansong believes that the material used for the fa\u00e7ade will give the Xinhee Design Center a light, airy feeling. \u201cIt\u2019s interesting for a building with such an intrinsically logical structure to look floating and free,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Like the human body, this building\u2019s program is functional and organized. The 200,000-square-foot (61,000-square-meter), 8-story fashion headquarters is divided into 6 wings that branch out from one another in a star-shaped layout. Each wing is devoted to a different brand under the Xinhee umbrella and will include both open-plan offices and lush gardens. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The gardens lend the space an Arcadian feel conducive to creativity. Natural features can also be found throughout the headquarters\u2019 sprawling campus, which includes a stunning reflecting pool that comes right up to the building\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Perhaps the most striking aspect of the design is the central atrium, which includes a suspended catwalk that Xinhee plans to use for runway shows. At other times, this runway will simply function as a footbridge that allows employees to navigate between different wings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Xinhee Design Center is expected to be up and running before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n

All images courtesy of MAD <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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