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Based in Beijing, MAT 超级建筑事务所 structures its cultural, corporate, and coastal public facilities around dramatic volumetric cantilevers, sweeping roof geometries, and expressive structural elements that contrast solid massing with transparent glass connectors. This portfolio serves as a direct reference when detailing suspended overhangs above public thoroughfares, integrating rhythmic leaning supports into glass curtain walls, or articulating complex roof transitions that frame light-filled courtyards.

Large industrial interior hall featuring a central spiral staircase, arched doorways, grey walls, and exposed ceiling trusses by MAT 超级建筑事务所.

MAT_北京海淀砖窑里-uot

北京

An adaptive reuse interior precedent showcasing a monumental hall anchored by a central sculptural spiral stair and rhythmically punctuated by arched openings.

What we like about this project
The stark white spiral stair wrapping a dark reddish-brown cylindrical core acts as an eccentric focal point in the grey hall.

Materials

  • concrete
  • steel
  • brick
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • central-spiral-stair
  • arched-doorways
  • industrial-trusses
  • grey-plaster-walls

Style tags

  • industrial
  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • adaptive-reuse

Visual tags

  • adaptive-reuse
  • industrial-interior
  • monumental-hall
  • daylit
  • architectural-stair
Geometry
Symmetrical large-scale hall with a central circular core, flanked by rhythmically spaced arched doorways along the lower walls.
Structural guess
Steel roof truss system with masonry and plaster load-bearing or infill walls.
Spatial scale
Monumental scale; wide expansive hall with a multi-story height under a large trussed roof.
Lighting
Diffused overhead daylight filtering through a glazed ceiling monitor, casting soft light and clean rectangular pools on the floor.
Atmosphere
Calm, monumental, and industrial-chic with crisp daylight filtering across neutral grey surfaces.
Environmental context
Interior of an adapted industrial or brick kiln structure.
Spatial experience
The eye is immediately drawn down the long open floor plan toward the sculptural central spiral stair rising through the volume.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched openings and parallel ceiling beams create a strong longitudinal perspective and rhythm.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial adaptive reuse
Program
Cultural or exhibition hall within an adapted brick kiln
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture
Materials
concrete, steel, brick, glass
Visual identifiers
central-spiral-stair, arched-doorways, industrial-trusses, grey-plaster-walls
Style tags
industrial, contemporary, minimalist, adaptive-reuse
Visual tags
adaptive-reuse, industrial-interior, monumental-hall, daylit, architectural-stair
Geometry
Symmetrical large-scale hall with a central circular core, flanked by rhythmically spaced arched doorways along the lower walls.
Structural guess
Steel roof truss system with masonry and plaster load-bearing or infill walls.
Spatial scale
Monumental scale; wide expansive hall with a multi-story height under a large trussed roof.
Lighting
Diffused overhead daylight filtering through a glazed ceiling monitor, casting soft light and clean rectangular pools on the floor.
Atmosphere
Calm, monumental, and industrial-chic with crisp daylight filtering across neutral grey surfaces.
Environmental context
Interior of an adapted industrial or brick kiln structure.
Spatial experience
The eye is immediately drawn down the long open floor plan toward the sculptural central spiral stair rising through the volume.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched openings and parallel ceiling beams create a strong longitudinal perspective and rhythm.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial adaptive reuse
Program
Cultural or exhibition hall within an adapted brick kiln
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture

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Large industrial interior hall featuring a central spiral staircase, arched doorways, grey walls, and exposed ceiling trusses by MAT 超级建筑事务所.

MAT_北京海淀砖窑里-uot

北京

An adaptive reuse interior precedent showcasing a monumental hall anchored by a central sculptural spiral stair and rhythmically punctuated by arched openings.

What we like about this project
The stark white spiral stair wrapping a dark reddish-brown cylindrical core acts as an eccentric focal point in the grey hall.

Materials

  • concrete
  • steel
  • brick
  • glass

Visual identifiers

  • central-spiral-stair
  • arched-doorways
  • industrial-trusses
  • grey-plaster-walls

Style tags

  • industrial
  • contemporary
  • minimalist
  • adaptive-reuse

Visual tags

  • adaptive-reuse
  • industrial-interior
  • monumental-hall
  • daylit
  • architectural-stair
Geometry
Symmetrical large-scale hall with a central circular core, flanked by rhythmically spaced arched doorways along the lower walls.
Structural guess
Steel roof truss system with masonry and plaster load-bearing or infill walls.
Spatial scale
Monumental scale; wide expansive hall with a multi-story height under a large trussed roof.
Lighting
Diffused overhead daylight filtering through a glazed ceiling monitor, casting soft light and clean rectangular pools on the floor.
Atmosphere
Calm, monumental, and industrial-chic with crisp daylight filtering across neutral grey surfaces.
Environmental context
Interior of an adapted industrial or brick kiln structure.
Spatial experience
The eye is immediately drawn down the long open floor plan toward the sculptural central spiral stair rising through the volume.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched openings and parallel ceiling beams create a strong longitudinal perspective and rhythm.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial adaptive reuse
Program
Cultural or exhibition hall within an adapted brick kiln
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture
Materials
concrete, steel, brick, glass
Visual identifiers
central-spiral-stair, arched-doorways, industrial-trusses, grey-plaster-walls
Style tags
industrial, contemporary, minimalist, adaptive-reuse
Visual tags
adaptive-reuse, industrial-interior, monumental-hall, daylit, architectural-stair
Geometry
Symmetrical large-scale hall with a central circular core, flanked by rhythmically spaced arched doorways along the lower walls.
Structural guess
Steel roof truss system with masonry and plaster load-bearing or infill walls.
Spatial scale
Monumental scale; wide expansive hall with a multi-story height under a large trussed roof.
Lighting
Diffused overhead daylight filtering through a glazed ceiling monitor, casting soft light and clean rectangular pools on the floor.
Atmosphere
Calm, monumental, and industrial-chic with crisp daylight filtering across neutral grey surfaces.
Environmental context
Interior of an adapted industrial or brick kiln structure.
Spatial experience
The eye is immediately drawn down the long open floor plan toward the sculptural central spiral stair rising through the volume.
Composition rhythm
Repeating arched openings and parallel ceiling beams create a strong longitudinal perspective and rhythm.
Style reading
Contemporary industrial adaptive reuse
Program
Cultural or exhibition hall within an adapted brick kiln
Perspective
Interior Spatial
Discipline
architecture

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