Fintech Office, Beijing

Over the past two years, the Fintech Office has thrived amid the pandemic. The office space and Dragon Restaurant, funded by the developer of the building and designed by WIT Design & Research, have offered “an ideal dining experience and “a one-minute living circle” to stressed-out professionals in the Fintech industry who are in pursuit of peace of mind, and they serve as an example of an office community breaking the spell of the business slump in the rental industry. That’s how the brand Fintech Office, together with the Dragon Restaurant, which offers the best dining environment of all the other restaurants in the chain throughout China, was born.

WIT suggested that the design of the sunken atrium was included in the contract, and the indoor/outdoor landscape also extends the physical/psychological office space available to staff and allows them to embrace urban life. In spite of its extremely low cost, “the design” solves problems, creates value and most importantly, looks glamorous.

Challenged by the limited space, WIT believes that “it is normal to have an imperfect space, and that’s where designers can maneuver to make the best use of it”. The developer and the designers have the responsibility to guarantee a satisfactory number of sales per unit area, but to what extent the functionality and friendliness of the space can be delivered by the design will eventually be felt by the people who are the users of the space, and that’s the priority of WIT.

When it comes to working in the modern era, working from home remains a controversial topic. Technology is helpful, but not a panacea: unable to facilitate sincere conversations and trust building as face-to-face communication does. This is especially the case when employees of the high-tech industry work under enormous pressure and require a great deal of of coordination-they in the foreseeable future will need a physical space to work together.

The discussion around work efficiency continues between the investor and Luo, who built the brand Fintech Office together., inspired by the birth of the efficiency-oriented design of groups of semi-circle desks in Bloomberg London.