Type: Workshop Interior Design
Location: Shanghai, China
Year: 2020
Size: 350 Sqm
Design Team: Luigi Arcadu, Stefano Bai
Photo: 昊然建筑空间摄影

The client requests set the principles to design the space. We decided to take advantage of the double height of the existing space and designed a mezzanine in the form of an elevated volume. In this way we created a big storage room and, at the same time, visually divided the space in two areas. The ground floor is kept open and accessible, for both people and motorcycles.
The existing space was a dismissed concrete warehouse. The design style complements the brutalism of the space, adding a “street” feeling that match the character of Ducati motorcycles.
We chose to keep the original floor of the warehouse, properly reinforced and polished, for its old-hand feeling. Stairs and mezzanine structure are in dark metal and illumination is simple and industrial. Fascinating is the big barrisol light hovering over the motorcycle stations and creating a “stage” effect.