(Hong Kong – 10 January 2024) CAN DESIGN, the emerging international architecture and design firm, is proud to announce that the firm is delivering a multi-disciplinary scope covering façade upgrade, interiors, and signage design for ONE CENTRAL Macau (OCM). This sophisticated renovation aims to revitalize the luxury retail mall and enhance the shopping experience.

Located on Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek, Shanghai Suhe MixC World blurs boundaries between the city’s past, present and future. The project’s starting point was rethinking commercial spaces to better integrate with their surroundings. The resulting ‘urban valley’ presents a brand-new public space in the city and sets a new benchmark for Shanghai.

In the recent years, e-commerce has been disrupting the operations of physical retail spaces, especially malls and department stores. But even if many people now prefer to shop through their handheld screens, the culture of hanging and dining out with others prevails. This makes way to new developments of retail spaces, such as a lifestyle mall that is smaller in size and provides more dining experience and entertainment. These smaller spaces that contain only more or less a dozen curated outlets have been gaining popularity and popped up in many cities.