The Roof is the first work by French architect Jean Nouvel in China, located in the Xintiandi commercial area in the central district of Shanghai. The project cleverly weaves the cultural elements of its surroundings into its unique design and incorporates greeneries into the city, creating a spatial model for the future of the city, where people and nature can flourish and coexist in harmony.
The project is designed to reflect the 'alley way' culture of Shanghai's backstreets in an abstract manner, creating an ecological office space with territoriality. The landscape and architecture here blur the traditional boundaries of disciplines and are a unique reflection of culture, climate, environment and commercial architecture.