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XING DESIGN 行之建筑设计事务所

Based in Shanghai, XING DESIGN shapes research facilities and creative workspaces through structural contrast, balancing heavy concrete cores with slender suspended bridges, sculptural staircases, and deeply recessed ceiling gaps. This portfolio serves as a precise reference when detailing column-free circulation across multi-level interior volumes or carving vertical light slots directly into thick structural cores.

Aerial exterior view of a modern industrial campus at sunset, paired with an interior view of a monumental central stair lit by a high skylight, by XING DESIGN.

BLUEPHA-BioFAB-960-x-1100

上海

An industrial facility precedent by XING DESIGN that combines flat-roofed horizontal massing with a dramatic, light-filled central stair atrium.

What we like about this project
A dramatic vertical light slot cuts through the thick core mass directly above the main reception stair.

Materials

  • concrete
  • glass
  • plaster
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • industrial-campus
  • central-staircase
  • slot-skylight
  • flat-roof-massing

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial
  • monumental

Visual tags

  • industrial
  • atrium
  • monumental-stairs
  • daylight-slot
  • contemporary-campus
Geometry
The exterior composite shows low-slung, flat-roofed orthogonal industrial buildings set within a flat landscape with wind turbines. The interior view features a grand axial composition with a wide central monumental stair rising toward a vertical slot skylight.
Facade system
Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels with minimal strip and punched window openings.
Structural guess
Concrete frame and shear walls supporting large flat floor plates.
Spatial scale
Large-scale industrial complex on the exterior; monumental, high-ceilinged atrium space internally.
Lighting
Twilight pink-and-orange sky lighting the exterior campus evenly; interior relies on directional overhead daylight cascading down the central stairwell.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive externally, transitioning to a reverent, sharply lit vertical focus internally.
Environmental context
Flat rural or industrial coastal plain with wind turbines and open water bodies in the background.
Spatial experience
The industrial campus feels expansive and flat under a vast sky, while the interior creates a dramatic, solemn procession converging on a brightly lit vertical threshold.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical central axis emphasized by the monumental stair and vertical slot skylight.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental industrial architecture
Program
Biotechnology research and manufacturing facility
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
concrete, glass, plaster, steel
Visual identifiers
industrial-campus, central-staircase, slot-skylight, flat-roof-massing
Style tags
contemporary, industrial, monumental
Visual tags
industrial, atrium, monumental-stairs, daylight-slot, contemporary-campus
Geometry
The exterior composite shows low-slung, flat-roofed orthogonal industrial buildings set within a flat landscape with wind turbines. The interior view features a grand axial composition with a wide central monumental stair rising toward a vertical slot skylight.
Facade system
Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels with minimal strip and punched window openings.
Structural guess
Concrete frame and shear walls supporting large flat floor plates.
Spatial scale
Large-scale industrial complex on the exterior; monumental, high-ceilinged atrium space internally.
Lighting
Twilight pink-and-orange sky lighting the exterior campus evenly; interior relies on directional overhead daylight cascading down the central stairwell.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive externally, transitioning to a reverent, sharply lit vertical focus internally.
Environmental context
Flat rural or industrial coastal plain with wind turbines and open water bodies in the background.
Spatial experience
The industrial campus feels expansive and flat under a vast sky, while the interior creates a dramatic, solemn procession converging on a brightly lit vertical threshold.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical central axis emphasized by the monumental stair and vertical slot skylight.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental industrial architecture
Program
Biotechnology research and manufacturing facility
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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Aerial exterior view of a modern industrial campus at sunset, paired with an interior view of a monumental central stair lit by a high skylight, by XING DESIGN.

BLUEPHA-BioFAB-960-x-1100

上海

An industrial facility precedent by XING DESIGN that combines flat-roofed horizontal massing with a dramatic, light-filled central stair atrium.

What we like about this project
A dramatic vertical light slot cuts through the thick core mass directly above the main reception stair.

Materials

  • concrete
  • glass
  • plaster
  • steel

Visual identifiers

  • industrial-campus
  • central-staircase
  • slot-skylight
  • flat-roof-massing

Style tags

  • contemporary
  • industrial
  • monumental

Visual tags

  • industrial
  • atrium
  • monumental-stairs
  • daylight-slot
  • contemporary-campus
Geometry
The exterior composite shows low-slung, flat-roofed orthogonal industrial buildings set within a flat landscape with wind turbines. The interior view features a grand axial composition with a wide central monumental stair rising toward a vertical slot skylight.
Facade system
Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels with minimal strip and punched window openings.
Structural guess
Concrete frame and shear walls supporting large flat floor plates.
Spatial scale
Large-scale industrial complex on the exterior; monumental, high-ceilinged atrium space internally.
Lighting
Twilight pink-and-orange sky lighting the exterior campus evenly; interior relies on directional overhead daylight cascading down the central stairwell.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive externally, transitioning to a reverent, sharply lit vertical focus internally.
Environmental context
Flat rural or industrial coastal plain with wind turbines and open water bodies in the background.
Spatial experience
The industrial campus feels expansive and flat under a vast sky, while the interior creates a dramatic, solemn procession converging on a brightly lit vertical threshold.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical central axis emphasized by the monumental stair and vertical slot skylight.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental industrial architecture
Program
Biotechnology research and manufacturing facility
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture
Materials
concrete, glass, plaster, steel
Visual identifiers
industrial-campus, central-staircase, slot-skylight, flat-roof-massing
Style tags
contemporary, industrial, monumental
Visual tags
industrial, atrium, monumental-stairs, daylight-slot, contemporary-campus
Geometry
The exterior composite shows low-slung, flat-roofed orthogonal industrial buildings set within a flat landscape with wind turbines. The interior view features a grand axial composition with a wide central monumental stair rising toward a vertical slot skylight.
Facade system
Precast or cast-in-place concrete panels with minimal strip and punched window openings.
Structural guess
Concrete frame and shear walls supporting large flat floor plates.
Spatial scale
Large-scale industrial complex on the exterior; monumental, high-ceilinged atrium space internally.
Lighting
Twilight pink-and-orange sky lighting the exterior campus evenly; interior relies on directional overhead daylight cascading down the central stairwell.
Atmosphere
Serene and expansive externally, transitioning to a reverent, sharply lit vertical focus internally.
Environmental context
Flat rural or industrial coastal plain with wind turbines and open water bodies in the background.
Spatial experience
The industrial campus feels expansive and flat under a vast sky, while the interior creates a dramatic, solemn procession converging on a brightly lit vertical threshold.
Composition rhythm
Symmetrical central axis emphasized by the monumental stair and vertical slot skylight.
Style reading
Contemporary monumental industrial architecture
Program
Biotechnology research and manufacturing facility
Perspective
Aerial/Site
Discipline
architecture

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