SoftGrid is an architecture and urban planning practice founded by Director Rolf Demmler and set up in 2008 as fully registered WOFEI. The practice emerged as an independent fi rm from the SoftGrid network, an international design company network cofounded by Rolf Demmler and established in Shanghai in 2007. SoftGrid Hongkong Limited has now been founded with partner Liu Dong to establish an international architecture and urban design base and act as a 100% holding company for SoftGrid (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.