ICCFGARDEN's Hekafen Garden

ICFGARDEN (Yeehoo Caff) is a fashion flagship complex in Shanghai's historic Hengshan Road-Fuxing Road conservation area, designed by gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (lead architects Nikolaus Goetze and Magdalene Weiss; project manager Zhu Lingli; interior architecture by Bernard Dubois Architects) for client Shanghai Yeehoo Commercial Management. The complex comprises two outstanding 1920s historic buildings a former fire station and a garden villa and two auxiliary buildings from the 1990s, arranged around a lush garden on a corner site on Hengshan Road, the plane-tree-lined avenue known for high-end dining and historic villas. Commissioned in 2021 in close cooperation with Xuhui District government, the project consolidates the Yeehoo and Caff brand stores, exhibition spaces, a bookstore and a restaurant within the small-scale historic fabric. Guided by Yeehoo Caff's sustainable-fashion ethos, the restoration pursues long-lasting ease through natural materials. The two 1920s protected buildings were largely returned to their historic appearance, while the 1990s additions were redesigned as simple new volumes that inherit the historic facades' bay division, materials and arch motifs; the arched elements also echo the brand's Paris flagship on Avenue George V. As much existing material as possible was reused: the original brick and stone facade of the fire station was restored, timber stairs were reconstructed from historical evidence, and reused timber furniture pairs with the understated natural tones of the interiors. Original balcony tiles discovered during work were carefully cleaned and relaid, and the garden villa's terrazzo entrance floor and timber windows and doors were restored to their prototypes. Preserved wooden roof trusses remain clearly visible. The result, set within a garden of centuries-old trees, is a place where fashion and culture meet, fusing historic atmosphere with the modern elegance of the Yeehoo Caff brand.