The Soul of Shaoxing: A Legacy of Refinement
Shaoxing has an ancient history. Its architecture, nature and culture make it a places highly coded by a set of defined elements, both aesthetically and conceptually. This idea of refining the same crafts over and over during the years have made it an iconic place, where every step is thought thoroughly and executed with the intention of contributing to the development of this rich local heritage.
With the arrival of the Taige Ruide plaza a new chapter opens for the refining of the city’s development, with the ambition of innovating and redefining a new standard, a new beginning for what’s next to come for Shaoxing.




The Art of Living: A Dialogue with Italian Design
Focusing the significance of the project, its values and its ambition, it is possible to trace a parallelism with the Italian craft of design, luxury and “art of living”: that process of refining its craft brought the design process to its essence staging it in those values of rigor and balance, conveyed by the materials, colours of the architecture and furnishings.
The intention therefore is to conceive a project the interprets the genius loci through the key values of timeless design where experience, luxury and elegance are at the core of its identity.



