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SIG STUDIO

Based in Shanghai, SIG STUDIO builds retail and creative workspace environments defined by sharp visual contrasts, pairing heavily gouged masonry and perforated ceiling canopies with dense, living plant facades suspended over dark base structures. This portfolio serves as a strong precedent when specifying backlit translucent inserts within ceramic tile walls, integrating full-envelope vegetation blankets onto urban storefronts, or detailing floor-to-ceiling archive shelving for multi-story interiors.

Exterior street view of SIG STUDIO in Shanghai, featuring a dense ivy-covered facade and large punched glazing.

办公室1_副本

上海

An urban commercial facade precedent showcasing a living ivy wall wrapping upper volumes above an active, dark-framed storefront.

What we like about this project
The lush green climber blanket wraps the entire second and third floors without visible planar breaks.

Materials

  • ivy
  • glass
  • painted-metal
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • ivy-facade
  • punched-windows
  • corner-building
  • green-wall

Style tags

  • biophilic
  • contemporary
  • sustainable

Visual tags

  • biophilic
  • urban-infill
  • green-facade
  • commercial
  • street-edge
Geometry
An urban corner building volume wrapped almost entirely in dense vegetation, featuring large punched picture windows and a contrasting dark ground floor.
Facade system
Dense living green wall (climber vegetation) over structural backing, punched with large commercial glazing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with infill walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story urban infill building scaled to the active pedestrian street front.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight with clear highlights on the dense foliage and reflections in large shopfront windows.
Atmosphere
Lush, vibrant, and tactile, softening the dense urban fabric with living green surfaces.
Environmental context
Dense urban street with mature trees, neighboring mid-rise buildings, and active pedestrian traffic.
Spatial experience
The street edge feels softened and green, transitioning from active sidewalk life up into a quiet, living botanical mass.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal mass split cleanly between a colourful, active ground floor and a monolithic, green upper volume.
Style reading
Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
Program
Studio and commercial retail office
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
ivy, glass, painted-metal, stone
Visual identifiers
ivy-facade, punched-windows, corner-building, green-wall
Style tags
biophilic, contemporary, sustainable
Visual tags
biophilic, urban-infill, green-facade, commercial, street-edge
Geometry
An urban corner building volume wrapped almost entirely in dense vegetation, featuring large punched picture windows and a contrasting dark ground floor.
Facade system
Dense living green wall (climber vegetation) over structural backing, punched with large commercial glazing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with infill walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story urban infill building scaled to the active pedestrian street front.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight with clear highlights on the dense foliage and reflections in large shopfront windows.
Atmosphere
Lush, vibrant, and tactile, softening the dense urban fabric with living green surfaces.
Environmental context
Dense urban street with mature trees, neighboring mid-rise buildings, and active pedestrian traffic.
Spatial experience
The street edge feels softened and green, transitioning from active sidewalk life up into a quiet, living botanical mass.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal mass split cleanly between a colourful, active ground floor and a monolithic, green upper volume.
Style reading
Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
Program
Studio and commercial retail office
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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Exterior street view of SIG STUDIO in Shanghai, featuring a dense ivy-covered facade and large punched glazing.

办公室1_副本

上海

An urban commercial facade precedent showcasing a living ivy wall wrapping upper volumes above an active, dark-framed storefront.

What we like about this project
The lush green climber blanket wraps the entire second and third floors without visible planar breaks.

Materials

  • ivy
  • glass
  • painted-metal
  • stone

Visual identifiers

  • ivy-facade
  • punched-windows
  • corner-building
  • green-wall

Style tags

  • biophilic
  • contemporary
  • sustainable

Visual tags

  • biophilic
  • urban-infill
  • green-facade
  • commercial
  • street-edge
Geometry
An urban corner building volume wrapped almost entirely in dense vegetation, featuring large punched picture windows and a contrasting dark ground floor.
Facade system
Dense living green wall (climber vegetation) over structural backing, punched with large commercial glazing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with infill walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story urban infill building scaled to the active pedestrian street front.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight with clear highlights on the dense foliage and reflections in large shopfront windows.
Atmosphere
Lush, vibrant, and tactile, softening the dense urban fabric with living green surfaces.
Environmental context
Dense urban street with mature trees, neighboring mid-rise buildings, and active pedestrian traffic.
Spatial experience
The street edge feels softened and green, transitioning from active sidewalk life up into a quiet, living botanical mass.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal mass split cleanly between a colourful, active ground floor and a monolithic, green upper volume.
Style reading
Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
Program
Studio and commercial retail office
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture
Materials
ivy, glass, painted-metal, stone
Visual identifiers
ivy-facade, punched-windows, corner-building, green-wall
Style tags
biophilic, contemporary, sustainable
Visual tags
biophilic, urban-infill, green-facade, commercial, street-edge
Geometry
An urban corner building volume wrapped almost entirely in dense vegetation, featuring large punched picture windows and a contrasting dark ground floor.
Facade system
Dense living green wall (climber vegetation) over structural backing, punched with large commercial glazing.
Structural guess
Reinforced concrete frame with infill walls.
Spatial scale
Three-story urban infill building scaled to the active pedestrian street front.
Lighting
Bright ambient daylight with clear highlights on the dense foliage and reflections in large shopfront windows.
Atmosphere
Lush, vibrant, and tactile, softening the dense urban fabric with living green surfaces.
Environmental context
Dense urban street with mature trees, neighboring mid-rise buildings, and active pedestrian traffic.
Spatial experience
The street edge feels softened and green, transitioning from active sidewalk life up into a quiet, living botanical mass.
Composition rhythm
Horizontal mass split cleanly between a colourful, active ground floor and a monolithic, green upper volume.
Style reading
Contemporary biophilic urban architecture
Program
Studio and commercial retail office
Perspective
Exterior Facade
Discipline
architecture

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