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Based in Beijing, waa未觉建筑 articulates spatial transitions by pairing rigid geometric structures with fluid, light-filtering envelopes across children’s growth centers, creative studio spaces, and retail interiors. This work provides a strong reference when detailing multi-level lightwells, integrating structural play elements directly into sloped earth berms, or specifying suspended mesh veils and pleated metal claddings to shape dynamic interior thresholds.

Aerial construction site view and interior coffered concrete waffle slab structure under construction by waa未觉建筑 in Beijing.

CENN总部_在建中-9yt

北京

A construction-phase precedent capturing the structural framing and waffle-slab ceiling system of a large headquarters building by waa未觉建筑.

What we like about this project
The intense waffle grid pattern creates a dramatic filtered light effect across the unfinished interior volume.

Materials

  • exposed-concrete
  • steel-scaffolding
  • rebar

Visual identifiers

  • waffle-slab
  • concrete-columns
  • aerial-construction
  • grid-roof

Style tags

  • brutalist
  • structural
  • construction

Visual tags

  • construction-phase
  • concrete-structure
  • waffle-slab
  • institutional
  • structural-grid
Geometry
Diptych featuring an orthogonal-meets-angular aerial site layout on the left and a double-height interior structural grid with a waffle slab ceiling on the right.
Structural guess
Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab system supported by heavy concrete columns and shear walls.
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional or corporate headquarters footprint under construction, with multi-story interior volumes.
Lighting
Direct bright daylight illuminating both the open construction site and filtering through the overhead concrete waffle ceiling grid.
Atmosphere
Raw, industrial, and dynamic atmosphere dominated by unfinised concrete and active construction activity.
Environmental context
Active urban construction site in Beijing with surrounding bare earth, scaffolding, and temporary works.
Spatial experience
The aerial view reveals sprawling low-rise construction zoning, while the interior shot emphasizes massive concrete columns and a rhythmic overhead waffle grid framing natural light.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear rhythm established by heavy structural columns and a deeply coffered waffle ceiling grid.
Style reading
Raw brutalist structural framework
Program
Corporate Headquarters
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
exposed-concrete, steel-scaffolding, rebar
Visual identifiers
waffle-slab, concrete-columns, aerial-construction, grid-roof
Style tags
brutalist, structural, construction
Visual tags
construction-phase, concrete-structure, waffle-slab, institutional, structural-grid
Geometry
Diptych featuring an orthogonal-meets-angular aerial site layout on the left and a double-height interior structural grid with a waffle slab ceiling on the right.
Structural guess
Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab system supported by heavy concrete columns and shear walls.
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional or corporate headquarters footprint under construction, with multi-story interior volumes.
Lighting
Direct bright daylight illuminating both the open construction site and filtering through the overhead concrete waffle ceiling grid.
Atmosphere
Raw, industrial, and dynamic atmosphere dominated by unfinised concrete and active construction activity.
Environmental context
Active urban construction site in Beijing with surrounding bare earth, scaffolding, and temporary works.
Spatial experience
The aerial view reveals sprawling low-rise construction zoning, while the interior shot emphasizes massive concrete columns and a rhythmic overhead waffle grid framing natural light.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear rhythm established by heavy structural columns and a deeply coffered waffle ceiling grid.
Style reading
Raw brutalist structural framework
Program
Corporate Headquarters
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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Aerial construction site view and interior coffered concrete waffle slab structure under construction by waa未觉建筑 in Beijing.

CENN总部_在建中-9yt

北京

A construction-phase precedent capturing the structural framing and waffle-slab ceiling system of a large headquarters building by waa未觉建筑.

What we like about this project
The intense waffle grid pattern creates a dramatic filtered light effect across the unfinished interior volume.

Materials

  • exposed-concrete
  • steel-scaffolding
  • rebar

Visual identifiers

  • waffle-slab
  • concrete-columns
  • aerial-construction
  • grid-roof

Style tags

  • brutalist
  • structural
  • construction

Visual tags

  • construction-phase
  • concrete-structure
  • waffle-slab
  • institutional
  • structural-grid
Geometry
Diptych featuring an orthogonal-meets-angular aerial site layout on the left and a double-height interior structural grid with a waffle slab ceiling on the right.
Structural guess
Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab system supported by heavy concrete columns and shear walls.
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional or corporate headquarters footprint under construction, with multi-story interior volumes.
Lighting
Direct bright daylight illuminating both the open construction site and filtering through the overhead concrete waffle ceiling grid.
Atmosphere
Raw, industrial, and dynamic atmosphere dominated by unfinised concrete and active construction activity.
Environmental context
Active urban construction site in Beijing with surrounding bare earth, scaffolding, and temporary works.
Spatial experience
The aerial view reveals sprawling low-rise construction zoning, while the interior shot emphasizes massive concrete columns and a rhythmic overhead waffle grid framing natural light.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear rhythm established by heavy structural columns and a deeply coffered waffle ceiling grid.
Style reading
Raw brutalist structural framework
Program
Corporate Headquarters
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
exposed-concrete, steel-scaffolding, rebar
Visual identifiers
waffle-slab, concrete-columns, aerial-construction, grid-roof
Style tags
brutalist, structural, construction
Visual tags
construction-phase, concrete-structure, waffle-slab, institutional, structural-grid
Geometry
Diptych featuring an orthogonal-meets-angular aerial site layout on the left and a double-height interior structural grid with a waffle slab ceiling on the right.
Structural guess
Cast-in-place concrete waffle slab system supported by heavy concrete columns and shear walls.
Spatial scale
Large-scale institutional or corporate headquarters footprint under construction, with multi-story interior volumes.
Lighting
Direct bright daylight illuminating both the open construction site and filtering through the overhead concrete waffle ceiling grid.
Atmosphere
Raw, industrial, and dynamic atmosphere dominated by unfinised concrete and active construction activity.
Environmental context
Active urban construction site in Beijing with surrounding bare earth, scaffolding, and temporary works.
Spatial experience
The aerial view reveals sprawling low-rise construction zoning, while the interior shot emphasizes massive concrete columns and a rhythmic overhead waffle grid framing natural light.
Composition rhythm
Strict rectilinear rhythm established by heavy structural columns and a deeply coffered waffle ceiling grid.
Style reading
Raw brutalist structural framework
Program
Corporate Headquarters
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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