Practice in City

The sky is blue, clouds are white, the city is so ordinary. On this familiar street, a cave has appeared. Practice in City is the first future store of KnowYourself, a psychology WeChat account, on Julu Road, Shanghai. Like all old-town buildings, the site is not generous but rich. It occupies the second and fourth floors of a building, not continuous. The second-floor floor-to-ceiling windows look onto busy Julu Road, a pleasant pedestrian street; the fourth floor rises above neighboring old rooftops to clean greenery. The two floors connect by an enclosed stair. The city practice studio operates as independent rooms of various sizes: three practice rooms, one VIP room, one reception room, packed tight, leaving only cracks that serve as both circulation and limited public space. Between tree shadows and blue, the entrance is an upward stair. From here, the design aims for every visitor to find a moment of stillness in the city.