DESPACE: The value of a small space
"The highest peak I have ever climbed is the morning peak in Shanghai"
It is not easy to live in Chang'an. Especially in a mega city like Shanghai, the daily commute is a "nightmare" for office workers. According to the 2023 Commuting Monitoring Report of Major Cities in China released by the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, the average one-way commute time of Shanghai residents is about 40 minutes, second only to Beijing and second in the country.
Among them, 18% of the population in Shanghai "extreme commuting" takes more than 60 minutes each way. In other words, on average, one in five Shanghai commuters commute more than two hours a day.
Generally speaking, the proportion of commuting within 5 kilometers reflects the proportion of people who live nearby and can commute slowly, also known as "happy commuting", which is an important measure of urban livability.
So, is there a possibility that people can toss and move to change jobs, and enjoy a "happy commute"?
"DESPACE" gives us a new answer.
Innovation-driven miniature spaces
On November 2, a "Science and Technology + Cultural and Creative Salon" with the theme of "Space Folding" was held in the roadshow hall of the No.1 exhibition hall of Shanghai Silicon Lane, located at No. 1300 Dingxi Road, Changning District. Mr. Michiel Roosjen, the founder of DESPACE and the chief representative of Creative NL China, introduced the DESPACE project to the guests, which aims to "drive micro-space through innovation".
As a technology innovation enterprise strategically invested by Royal Ahrend, a century-old Dutch enterprise, DESPACE is positioned as a young technology and lifestyle brand, with the main purpose of participating in the transformation of the real estate industry in an innovative and flexible way and building a lifestyle community with resonant ideas.
DESPACE's co-founder, Michiel Roosjen, is a Chinese Level 10 "China expert" who is interested in space that prompted him to live and work in China. As a veteran creative platform builder, Michiel Roosjen has extensive experience in international projects, and in Shanghai, DESPACE is his proud project.
In response to the congested traffic and long commutes in a megacity like Shanghai, Michiel Roosjen thinks that if we "skip commuting and work in our favorite café, bookstore or even in our favorite café", that is, "open a comfortable private space at any time", then life and work will become better.
And this is the pain point that DESPACE aims to solve.
Flexible space, but connecting you and me
To put it simply, DESPACE is a professional-grade soundproof cabin distributed in urban public spaces, providing "ready-to-use" functional spaces for mobile or flexible office workers by creating a focused, quiet and efficient miniature environment.
As a practitioner of the concept of sharing economy and sustainable development, DESPACE will officially launch the "hourly charge" shared soundproof cabins distributed in urban public spaces in 2023. The plan will be widely distributed in Shanghai's cafes, bookstores, hotels, office buildings, convention and exhibition centers, as well as transportation hubs such as stations and airports.
According to Michiel Roosjen, DESPACE focuses on "innovation-driven" and "circular sustainability". As a new attempt of urban flexible space solutions, DESPACE combines hardware and Internet technology through design and creativity to create flexible office or exclusive spaces in different scenes in the city.
In other words, DESPACE realizes the diversification of office scenarios in the way of sharing economy through professional-grade soundproof cabins distributed in urban public spaces, reduces the cost of commuting time, and improves the quality of life and work efficiency of urban people.
It is reported that the DESPACE hardware equipment, which won the 2022 Red Dot Design Award, has achieved far more than the average level of sound insulation, noise reduction and circulating ventilation performance under the premise of extremely low energy consumption, and has a recyclability rate of up to 93.26%, achieving "circular sustainability".
However, in Michiel Roosjen's view, DESPACE is not just a product, but more of a community. Users use it offline, but they connect and share lifestyles, inspirations, or business collaborations online. He believes that connecting like-minded people and self-development and innovation drive in the community are the core values of DESPACE.
Dig out greater value for science and technology enterprises
In line with this core value concept, in the future, DESPACE will also increase the installation and site selection in Shanghai.
Located at No. 1300 Dingxi Road, Changning District, Shanghai Silicon Lane, DESPACE soundproof warehouse is one of DESPACE's professional-grade soundproof cabins widely distributed in Shanghai. In recent years, the "Shanghai Silicon Alley" Science and Technology Innovation District has focused on creating a model of urban renewal, which is also an important reason why DESPACE has chosen to cooperate with this place.
A few days ago, on the occasion of the launch of the "Shanghai Silicon Alley" Science and Technology Innovation Block for one year, Changning District officially issued the "Three-year Action Plan for Changning District to Comprehensively Promote the Construction of the "Shanghai Silicon Alley" Science and Technology Innovation Block", proposing to further implement the integrated promotion strategy of "strengthening party building, gathering talents, and promoting development", build a high-end scientific and technological achievements transformation service platform, accelerate the continuous transformation and implementation of innovation achievements, and create a good environment conducive to the growth of technology-based small, medium and micro enterprises through party building, so that more science and technology enterprises can take root and develop in "Shanghai Silicon Alley".
Chen Le, general manager of Shanghai Carbon Music Circle, the organizer of the "Science and Technology + Cultural and Creative Salon", also said: "We hope that through the form of Science and Technology Innovation and Cultural Innovation Salon, more commercial resources and investors can get closer to high-quality projects, jointly explore the market value and investment value of the project, and help the project develop better." In this process, we will give full play to the integration advantages of Shanghai Silicon Alley in scientific and technological innovation, industry, university and research. ”
"Shanghai Silicon Alley" helps science and technology innovation
It is reported that relying on the strong scientific research strength of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the industrial advantages of many science and technology enterprises, Changning District has piloted the construction of the "Shanghai Silicon Alley" science and technology innovation block in the 1.48 square kilometers Wutong block, which has updated and revitalized 100,000 square meters of stock space carriers, gathering more than 500 science and technology enterprises, including 42 national and municipal specialized and special new enterprises, and the development results are increasingly apparent.
The No.1 innovation space of "Shanghai Silicon Alley" is the first important label in the pilot plan of "Shanghai Silicon Alley", and it is also the first open and offline service space for science and technology enterprises, the incubation space for scientific and technological innovation achievements, and the exhibition space for popular science education in the "Shanghai Silicon Alley" science and technology innovation block.
According to reports, the No.1 innovation space of "Shanghai Silicon Alley" currently has five major functions: centralized display of scientific and technological achievements, transformation and application of scientific and technological achievements, integration of scientific and technological innovation, comprehensive services for scientific and technological enterprises, and scientific literacy improvement platform, and the "scientific and technological innovation + cultural and creative salon" with flexible themes provides more emerging scientific and technological enterprises with opportunities to show themselves and communicate with investors.
