This new HEYTEA shop is located in One Avenue, Futian CBD, Shenzhen and it adheres to the spirit of its hosting mall – exploration, innovation and vitality. In the concept of “climbing”, MOC DESIGN adopts the staircase as a metaphor and integrates the attitude of pursing progress and climbing with courage in the design. The space and function are carefully dismantled and rebuilt to present simple units, but with changeable combinations.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK SZ) brings the global perspective and academic excellence to the city Shenzhen – China’s rapidly-growing innovation and tech hub. Situated in the natural reserve area of Tong Gu Hill, the campus houses multiple teaching and research facilities, student residences, administrative offices, and recreation facilities that serve 7000 students. Rocco Design Architects Associates developed a masterplan and comprehensive design that not only serves the needs of faculty, students, and staff, but also creates a sustainable, community-oriented learning environment that reflects the dynamic and collaborative spirit of Shenzhen.
Client: Bureau of Public Works of Shenzhen Municipality / The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Design Team: Rocco Yim, Derrick Tsang, William Tam, Peter Tso, William Lee, Joseph Kong, Karen Wong, Li Qingyue, Elisa Angeletti, Alan Chiang, Gilles Chan, Luo Quan, Cai Jing Hua, Zhou Zhi Min, Deng Liwei, Felix Chow, Clara Wu, Kevin Huang, Rachel Sit.
Local Design Institute: China Northeast Architectural Design and Research Institute
Collaborators: Wang Weijen Architecture, Gravity Partnership Ltd.
OPPO launched their first phone in 2008, growing to become China’s leading smartphone manufacturer and the fifth largest worldwide with over 40,000 employees in more than 40 countries. Pioneering new communication technology in smart devices and internet services, OPPO has established six research institutes, four research & development centres, and a global design studio.
Project Directors: Charles Walker (Commercial Director), Christos Passas (Design Director), Satoshi Ohashi (ZHA China Director)
Project Associates: Hussam Chakouf (Competition Lead), Juan Liu, Yang Jingwen
Project Designers: Melhem Sfeir (Competition Lead), Duo Chen, Katerina Smirnova
Project Team: Massimo Napoleoni (Facade Specialist), Aleksander Bursac, Mihai Dragos-Porta, Vera Kichanova, Ying Xia, Che-Hung Chien, Meng Zhao, Qi Cao, Alex Turner (Graphic Designer)
Workspace Analysts: Uli Bloom, Philip Siedler, Lorena Espaillat Bencosme
Project Support: Tatiana Chembereva, Camille Kelly
Fourstar Group tapped Blitz’s expertise creating innovative offices in Silicon Valley to design its Shenzhen office space to reflect the product development and consumer goods distributor’s innovative design services and reinforces the company’s culture of creativity. Blitz transformed a three‐floor, 59,400‐square‐foot office building into a best‐in‐class office space to support Fourstar Group’s expanding global retail partnerships and intense demand for toptier talent. In addition to its headquarters in Shenzhen, Fourstar Group has offices across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. As an innovation‐driven company, Fourstar Group leads the entire product development process from design and engineering through manufacturing, quality control, packing, marketing, and distribution.
Client: Fourstar Group is a product development and consumer goods distribution firm headquartered in Shenzhen, with offices across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
The improvement of consumption and the convenience of digitization have promoted the transformation and formation of new consumption patterns and consumer groups. China is accelerating its entry into a new era of consumption. Today, in face of the new consumer groups and new consumerism, how can we help Heytea, a popular new tea brand, to convey its individuality and to demonstrate its business strategies in product innovation, experience innovation and business integration? Optimizing every possible consumption procedure and creating immersive and interactive consumer experience are the basic logic for TOMO DESIGN in the design of Shenzhen Heytea Lab.
Following a two-year process, today MVRDV is revealing their competition entry and research process for the next Tencent headquarters campus. Located on a 133-hectare site in a prominent location in Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen, Tencent’s brief called for what is nothing short of an entire urban district including offices, homes for Tencent employees, commercial units, public amenities, schools, and a conference centre. MVRDV’s proposals and studies show the process of the making of this campus and conclude with these components integrated into a smart city district shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range, with a waterfront park winding its way around the base.
Founding Partner in charge: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs
Partner: Wenchian Shi
Design Team: Kyo Suk Lee, Marco Gazzola, Shengjie Zhan, Seul Lee, Yayun Liu, Daehee Suk, Dong Min Lee, Cosimo Scotucci, Andrius Ribikauskas, Luca Beltrame, Sen Yang
Aedas was commissioned by Transsion Holdings to design an iconic landmark headquarter building at the heart of Liuxiandong Headquarter Base, one of the most valuable innovation hub in Nanshan District of Shenzhen. As a leading smartphone manufacturer, Trassion is popular among customers in global emerging markets, and particularly Africa. Construction of a headquarter building has thus become a perfect opportunity to build up a robust corporate image back home in China. In response to Client’s aspiration and corporate culture, Aedas Global Design Principal Leo Liu took inspiration from concept of a “cloud hub” and created a futuristic building form that celebrates spirit of openness, cooperation and sharing at core of a technology firm.
This project is located on the first floor, Ali Center, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, with a usable area of 122 square meters. The project is designed to create a boutique nursery with immersive English teaching. At the design level, “Maximize Potential” is the pointcut. This means building a spacious scale relationship in limited space, while creating a space full of fun and relaxation.
A cooperation zone for innovation in science and technology is currently being established between Shenzhen and Hong Kong with a total of 16 new buildings. schneider+schumacher’s competition-winning design for “Shenfang Park”, a national center for research and development, will be one of the first buildings on site. The competition brief called for a seminal design that would set the benchmark for all future development. The foundation stone for this major project has just been laid, marking the official start of construction work.
Huitong Hybrid Tower is a novel idea in skyscraper design it is part world-class office space and part high-tech car park. By efficiently and seamlessly integrating parking spaces into the design, JKP increased buildable area under zoning regulations and maximized the value of the project to both the users and the city.