9 Coolest Co-working Spaces in Shanghai
If we're going to spend a lot of time in an office it should be an enjoyable place to be right? Co-working/shared office space companies sure seem to think so. In fact, there's been a flurry of gorgeous spaces popping up around the city over the last couple of years, and lucky us, we went to check them out and see what they have to offer.
WeWork (Weihai Lu)
Wifi Speed: 500 MB/S
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 07:00 – 19:00
Power Plug(s): At least 1 per desk
Hot Water: Portable hot water dispenser on every floor
Meeting Room Price: Free for members with sufficient points
Office Space Price: RMB 2280 – 3790/Seat/Month (Flexible, Fixed, Private)
WeWork’s Asia-Pacific headquarters, this 3 storey working space spans over 7000㎡ and uses partitions to create individual working spaces alongside open ones. Suitable for a both inviduals and team of all sizes, the office is able to hold up to 1400 people.
In a historical 20th Century building that was once an opium factory, the industrial style building blends in with the luxury hotels around the area with blue and green rotating steps, pink alleys, chandliers and more.
Working Space: Spacious event space located on the ground floor with common space on every floor for meetings and discussions.
Pantry: Offers members free Qingdao and Boxing Cat beers, as well as tea and freshly brewed coffee.
Amenities: Each office has table tennis table for members to relieve stress.
Individual Working Space: The individual working spaces are partitioned with translucent walls, creating an optimal working environment.
Furniture: Place is furnished by Denmark brand Muuto, with table and chairs from Hay for a minimalistic and contemporary style.
Shower Facility: Each floor has a bathroom with shower facilities for staff.
Bathroom: At least 3 bathrooms on in each floor, for male, female and handicapped individuals.
Space
Wifi Speed: 300MB/S
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 09:00 – 18:00; Office: 24h
Power Plug(s): Available at every desk with ethernet cable
Hot Water: 2 Water Filter Systems
Meeting Room Price: RMB 100/Hour
Office Space Price: RMB 2000/Seat/Month
Located along historic Yuyuan Lu, Space combines elegant European housing with industrial elements, creating a unique, loft style co-working space.
Working Space: Space has many common areas and co-working spaces within its compounds, creating a spacious and comfortable working environment.
Reading Area: The office also has a large reading area, stocked with over 200 books, free for members to read and charging facilities.
Gym: At around 55㎡, the gym consists of a threadmill, stationery bike, mats, free weights and even a massage chair.
Pantry: In-house dining options include Xincafe, a 153㎡ café that offers cakes and cookies, beverages such as Italian coffee, hand pressed and tea.
Sleeping Area: Space has 4 unique sleeping areas that comes in handy when pulling an all-nighter or late night meetings.
Individual working Space: Separated by glass walls, these areas are well-lit, comfortable and provide just enough privacy.
Furniture: All the tables are made of stylish wood, and come with rotating chairs.
Bathroom: The 2 storey office comes with 4 individual toilets and shower facility.
Mixpace (Zhizao Ju Lu)
Wifi Speed: 300MB
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 07:00 – 22:00
Power Plug(s): Every desk comes with a wall and floor plug
Hot Water: 2-10 Water Dispenser depending on space size
Meeting Room Price: RMB 100 – 200/Hour
Office Space Price: From RMB 1600/Seat/Month
Once a rivet factory, the new space is transformed into an artistic working space with spiral stairs, a spacious central hall and more.
Preserving the industrial characteristics of the place with old style furnishing, glass and high ceilings, the office’s style is a fusion of the place’s history and what is to come.
Working Space: The first floor is a 200㎡ working space with a podium, meeting rooms, lounge and working space. The second floor has 150 ㎡ rest area and the third has a 100 ㎡ rooftop balcony.
Reading Area: A 50 ㎡ reading area, free for all and consisting of books relted to fashion, finance and business.
Gym: The office comes with a 50㎡ gym space, with workout mats, machines, stationery bikes and more.
Pantry: The 30㎡ MXCo. Café seats around 10 – 20 people and serves coffee, tea, beer, cold beverages as well as light foods like cake, salads, sandwiches and more.
Sleeping Area: For a great afternoon nap or all-nighter, sleep in one of their sleeping areas fit for maximum comfort. It also comes with a slide, that makes moving around a tad more fun.
Individual Working Space: The individual working space is lined with translucent walls and is around 5㎡ in size each.
Furniture: Each working space has a set of tables and chairs, with the wooden tables spanning 1.2 x 0.6m.
Bathroom: A total of 3 male and female bathrooms, each simply and stylishly designed.
Shower Facility: Near the gym is the office’s shower facility that allows you to freshen up after a long workout.
Baby Room: For new mothers, the office even has a baby room for you to take care of your infant.
Funwork (The Bund WE)
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 24h all year round
Power Plug(s): Wall and floors plugs at every desk and common space respectively
Hot Water: 1 – 3 Water Dispenser depending on space
Meeting Room Price: RMB 250/Hour
Open Working Space Price: RMB 2499/Seat/Month Private Working Space Price: RMB 2999/Seat/Month
Going against the closed up and traditional working space, Funwork creates a service-centric social office that is both vibrant and colorful.
Following a revamp, the interior space is much bigger and provides amenities to allow you to maximize your working, social and personal life. Equipped with a library, café, pantry, massage studio and entertainment area, enjoiy a work/life balance here at Funwork.
Working Space: Each office is around 200 – 500 ㎡, with a lounge area and meeting rooms, as well as a 223 ㎡ balcony.
Amenities: Each working space has a pool table, tv and PS4 gaming station for a great way to unwind with colleagues.
Reading Area: Each reading area is around 70 ㎡, consisting of 2-5 book shelves with over 300 book titles and sofas.
Pantry: The 30㎡ self service bar has over 10 – 20 seats with free beer, coffee and more.
Resting Area: The resting area comes with around 1-3 massage chairs to relax a tired body after a long day of work.
Individual Working Space: Lined with translucent glass walls, each individual working space is around 8㎡.
Furniture: Each desk has a set of tables and chairs, as well as office stationery.
Bathroom: The number of toilets are based on the office area, and are stylishly designed with a private cleaner.
Xnode (Zhang Jiang)
Wifi Speed: 100MB/S
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 08:00 – 20:00
Power Plug(s): Over 30 plugs in the common space, 1 plug at every desk
Hot Water: Water dispensers
Meeting Room Prices: RMB 250/Hour
Open Working Space Price: From RMB 1200/Person/Month; Office: From RMB 9000/Month
Half occupied by expats, the 2000sqm working space is furnished with full length glass windows, wooden tables and chairs, triangle sofas and more.
The biggest selling point of this place is that it is a collaboration between Rocket Space and JNode. Once every 2 months, there will be VC events, industry talks and workshops, opened to members and guests.
Working Space: Xnode (Zhang Jiang) spans over 2000㎡ and is able to house up to 150 for an event. The common area is furnished with sofas and seats for a comfortable lounge around.
Balcony: Apart from the 2000 ㎡ co-working space, they also have a 20㎡ balcony fitted with tables and chairs in a minimalistic European design.
Gym: The gym houses a yoga room with yoga equipment, as well as other fitness equipment.
Pantry: Housing the popular dessert store “The Soothing Dessert”, expect delicious beverages, desserts and sweet treats.
Food Hall: Apart from the bar and garden aread, there is also a members-only food hall with Family mart, Starbucks and iJuice.
Sleeping Area: Despite not having a designated sleeping area, the company allows staff and members to stay overnight.
Individual Working Space: There are 13 individual working spaces here, which houses 6 – 20 people, and furnished with white walls, transparent glass and sandy wallpaper.
Semi-Private Working space: Partitioned by walls, most of the working spaces are lined with windows to allow natural lighting into the office.
Furniture: Tables here come in the 60 x 120cm dimension, and is paired with a roller chair.
Bathroom: There is a total of 2 male and female toilets each, decorated with marble flooring and tables, and kept clean on a regular basis.
Paper (Huaihai Zhong Lu)
Wifi Speed: 100MB/S
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: Air-Conditioning with Heating System
Power Plug(s): Every desk comes with 2 sets of plugs and ethernet cable, telephone line, Blueair purifier and water dispenser
Meeting Room Prices: RMB 100/Hour, Multi-purpose Meeting Room: RMB 400/Hour
Open Working Space Price: From RMB 2300/Seat/Month; Office: From RMB 3600/Month
Co-working space in the French Concession, the 1200 ㎡ 5-storey working space is designed by naco in a modern American style.
Combining different top-notch lifestyle brands like Bisazza, Magis, Morosco, Flos, Dedar Milano and more, expect a comfortable and healthy modern working environment at Paper.
Working Space: The open working space on the first floor spans 245 ㎡, including a lounge, 3 meeting areas, public bar, a dining area and more. Additionally the office has 2 balconies with a greenhouse.
Reading Area: The public library has a collection of shelves filled with books and magazines, as well as sofas, individual seats and charging stations.
Pantry: Collaborating with Campari, Farmouse Juice, illy and other dining brands, the pantry provides buffet dining options as well as free coffee, tea and more.
Detox Room: The unique detox room comes with soundproof options for members to block out any sound and find peace.
Work Environment: The open work space is lined with vegetarian soft leather walls while the individual working spaces are lined with transparent glass walls to provide a stress-free working environment.
Furniture: Tables and chairs by Avante, comfort is definitely not a problem when working here.
Bathroom: There are a total of 12 toilets, equipped with Agape products for a luxurious bathroom experience.
Accomodation: On the top floor of Paper, you will find 5 Airbnb units, which are offered for free to members for a few nights.
WE+ (Gold Bell Plaza)
Wifi Speed: 4mbps
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 08:00 – 18:00
Power Plug(s): 2 Sets of plugs per desk
Hot Water: 5 Water Dispensers and water available all day
Meeting Room Price: From RMB 200/Hour (Members get a monthly voucher)
Office Space Prices: RMB 2800 – 3000/Seat/Month
A 4500 ㎡ working space, there are over 400 seats in the office including a small trading area with pop up stores, providing inspiration and fun to the staff and members.
Apart from the individual and co-working spaces, there is a speaking room, gym, bathroom, kitchen and more. Pop into the open concept kitchen and show off your cooking skills, or take an afternoon break in the garden or on the balcony.
Working Space: The office has three big co-working areas and one small one. Within the big co-working area, there is a coffee place, a public reception counter, kitchen (for small events) and balcony (big enough to host a party).
Gym: Equipped with a gym, machines here largely focused on anaerobic exercises.
Amenities: The place also has a claw machine, foosball table and pool table, for some after hours stress relief.
Reading Area: The coffee area houses book shelves with hundreds of titles, free for members and staff to read.
Pantry: Following the popular coffee and social concept, the pantry mainly provides coffee beverages.
Individual Working Space: The office is lined with translucent glass and wooden furniture, as well as roller chairs.
Bathroom/Shower Facility: The office has 2 male and female bathrooms each with 1 shower facility.
Naked Hub
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 08:00 – 18:00
Power Plug(s): Every desk comes with 2 sets of plugs
Hot Water: At least 1 dispenser per level, free coffee, tea, beer and more in the pantry
Meeting Room Price: RMB 100/Hour
Office Space Prices: From RMB 1800 – 3000/Seat/Month (Fixed, Open, Private)
Naked Hub has 7 outlets around the city, each with a different concept. For instance, their Fuxing Lu and Xintiandi branches adopt a South African and Shikumen concept design. The interior and exterior are furnished with contemporary elements and LED lighting.
Candy colored seats, grass covered walls and running lines on floors, the office incorporates small details to encourage members and staff to achieve a work-life balance.
Working Space: The working space consists of a living room, bar, pantry, meeting room, phone booth and more. The common space takes up to 30% of the entire office, and a majority of the offices come with a balcony or terrace.
Gym: Not all the Naked Hub outlets have gyms. The Xintiandi outlet’s gym spans over 15 ㎡, while the Nanjing Xi Lu branch is a multi-purpose one spanning over 50 ㎡ (and includes a yoga studio).
Amenities: When tired or stressed out, switch up the multi-purpose meeting rooms into a table tennis room, recording studio, inspiration room, quiet room or resting area for some downtime.
Pantry: Naked Hub does not provide in-house caterings ervices, but they do provide beverages (Coke, Sprite, Ice Lemon Tea, Green and Red Tea), beer, Italian black coffee, cappucino and more, at no cost!
Sleeping Area: While they do not encourage staff and members to stay overnight, some of their offices are equipped with a resting area for some shut eye.
Work Environment: Individual working spaces are decorated with transparent glass as partitions, while the open working space are paritioned by racks and shelves.
Furniture: Office tables use a 1.2 x 0.7m wooden surface, and seats are around 0.6m in width with a cushion and backing.
Shower Facility: At least 1 shower facility for males and females each at the Naked Hub office.
Bathroom: Bathrooms are equipped with water-saving machines and are well-lit with natural lighting. Walls and partitions are well-decorated with signs and posters.
Green Wall: Each Naked Hub community has the iconic green wall that purifies the air in the space, giving clean air to its users.
Raise (Nanjing Xi Lu)
Wifi Speed: 50MB
Central Air-Conditioning Operating Hours: 09:00 – 22:00
Power Plug(s): 1 plug at every desk
Meeting Room Prices: From RMB 100 – 200/Hour
Open Working Space Price: RMB 2000 – 3000/Person/Month
Raise is the country’s first lifestyle and working space office. Using earth tones, the place creates a light and joyful ambience where people can come together to work.
Priortizing quality living, the working space is equipped with a gym, coffee bar, SPA, flower arrangment center, tea room and inspiration room.
Working Space: There are 4 main resting areas that span over 400㎡.
Reading Room: 100 ㎡ of the office space is dedicated to the reading zone, that is stocked with books and magazines for staff to read and take inspiration from.
Gym: V+ Fitness, Raise’s in-house gym, spans 160 ㎡ and offers fitness classes, faciilties and private coaching (at a fee) for staff and members.
Amenities: The Beauty Club SPA allows staff to enjoy some pampering time after work. Also, massage chairs are installed in the open working space for members to use.
Pantry: The bar is stocked with coffee, tea and other beverages.
Individual Working Space: Each individual working space is decorated with colored glass to allow for good natural lighting while maintaining a little bit of privacy.
Furniture: Office goes for an old-school vibe and uses wooden furniture throughout.
Bathroom: A total of 6 bathrooms with 1 shower facility.
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