Founded in 2004, OPPO has grown over a short period of time to become China’s largest smartphone company. The setting of OPPO’s new R&D Headquarters in Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City represents a commitment to the brand’s spirit of endless innovation in the pursuit of perfection. Hangzhou, colloquially know as ‘Heaven on Earth’, is not just a hub for innovation, but is also home to China’s most popular natural attractions including three of the world’s 57 UNESCO Heritage sites. The city has been shaped by a rich cultural history of technology, information exchange and trade for over 5,000 years as one of the origin sites of the Silk Road and Grand Canal.
BIG began working with the leading global smart device brand at the beginning of 2019 to create an R&D Headquarters and Masterplan. The design expresses OPPO’s mission of the elevation of life through technological artistry, with an overarching vision of being a sustainable company that contributes to a better world.
We were proposed to develop a Project for IntegratedHealth Offices, for construction in an existing space,with sun exposure to the South and East, conditioning therooms size, according to the position of the existing windows.
The challenge was launched, we studied the programin line with the client to create four rooms: Integrated Medicine, Wellness and Dermatofunctional, Physiotherapyand Group Classes. In addition, other spaces were created to complement the previous ones, namely: Reception,sanitary facilities, living space and a small kitchen space for employees, with different servicesand public circuits and spaces.
This 2.5 million s/f build-to-suit office campus on a 21-acre site will be a global financial firm’s largest office complex outside the United States and will serve as its India headquarters.
Three ten-story office blocks are unified at ground by a 150,000 s/f array of courtyards and common amenity functions including cafeteria, conference facilities, fitness and health centers, casual dining, formal and informal gathering spaces, and a transportation center which organizes arrivals and departures of employees via shared and private vehicles. Taking advantage of Bangalore’s favorable climate, the design strategy allows seamless use of indoor and outdoor spaces, closely integrating landscape and building.
In collaboration with On studio, we created a colorful, happy and sophisticated space for Konimbo, a company specializing in e-commerce. The design, which reflects the character of this innovative company, was created in direct communication with the colors, textures and surfaces of the architectural design. We also created special pennants for every room, different from every sign you’ve ever seen
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Envisioning multiuse space for entrepreneurs, designers, and developers, and additional ground floor retail, the new 215,000-square-foot Center of Developing Entrepreneurs (CODE) will act as a connective ligature between the institutional, commercial, and the historic avenues of the city. The project will feature an open-air, pedestrian gallery that will promote public circulation from the Mall to Water Street. This will be a dynamically engaging new approach to the west end of the Mall. At the center of the site, there will be an exterior courtyard with a sunken water feature and amphitheater for public and private outdoor events. As the building steps up from the Mall to Water Street, you will glimpse a series of planted rooftop terraces. Each of these outdoor terraces will serve as work and gathering spaces for tenants on each floor and provide panoramic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The project is located at the former site of an aluminum factory in Huli District, Xiamen City. The building was originally a public bath of the factory. In 2019, the building was also partially renovated after the aluminum factory was transformed into a creative office park with multiple business forms, such as bars, basketball arena, and live-streaming space. This time we were commissioned by the Buddha artist Jiang Sheng to renovate the building into a new studio and exhibition space called “The Field”.
The word “Elysium” originates from Buddhism, meaning the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati, but “THE FIELD” is not intended to be an isolated pure land. The owner hopes to abandon the concept of “isolated and unreachable” and create an attractive spiritual place.
This project involves the heavy restructuring of a corner building located at the junction of rue Thiers and rue Carnot, in the heart of the historic center of the city of Vannes.
The existing building, R+2 plus attic, was a bank that we transformed into offices for Groupe Giboire. The aim is to set up a new commercial and real estate development agency. The location of the project is remarkable, close to the port, it is backed by the city walls dating from the 4th century.
The 11th of March marks the press conference for Aedas-designed IM Shanghai — a cultural complex premised on the grand unveiling of a mountainous cityscape.
The development, located at the intersection of Kaixuan Road and Huaihai West Road of Changning District and conveniently accessible via MTR Line 10 at Hongqiao Road Station, is adjacent to the Shanghai City Sculpture Art Centre, and Redtown Art District. The site is not among any of the CBDs in Shanghai. Thus, a primary and key purpose of the development is to drive business value by attracting tenants and consumers as it integrates with the surrounding context.
We worked together with Max’s marketing team and D.S. Blay Architects to create the language and design for their 7-floor office complex. Our goal was to create a different and innovative design for each of the floors based on the company’s branding book language. We chose a material for each floor symbolizing the type of work of each department. For example, for the HR department we utilized fabric, which symbolizes human connection. We decorated meeting rooms, phone booths, a large cafeteria, and incorporated motion graphics on the first floor to give a first impression of innovation and technology. In summary, seven floors of cutting edge, fun and inspiring environmental graphic design.
The building is a 7,200 square foot renovation/addition, in which we converted a typical residence into a New Orleans style Law office. It features two stories, with large balconies on the front elevation, and a center courtyard complete with brick pavers and a live oak tree as the focal point. It sits on a site on the Interstate 45, in The Woodlands, Texas.