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TP-Link’s new workplace in Shenzhen reimagines the traditional office environment to meet the needs of one of the world’s most influential technology companies.
Amplifying an Identity of Connection
TP-Link is a company built on connecting people. Its workplace needed to do the same. Promoting flexibility and activity, the building serves as an epicenter of the city’s growing global reputation for technology innovation and research. It is also designed with connection at its heart, with perimeter columns lining the angular façade to permit 600 square meters of column-free workspace, as well as a 30-floor, building-height atrium to visually connect workers across departments and teams.
Creating a Corporate System
Our work for TP-LINK Technologies goes beyond one office. Over the years, we have designed offices that manifest its values, motivate its workers, and amplify its identity through architecture.
Massing & Form
The site itself is very slim, necessitating a tower with a small footprint. To maximize space, the design utilizes a side core instead of a center core.
The two halves of the resulting massing were then pulled apart to create a central atrium.
The structure was pushed out from the core to the perimeter of the building, maximizing open office space on the already slim site.
The elevator shafts are sheathed in transparent glass, maximizing natural light.
The atrium is then manifested as an organic complement to the otherwise orthogonal office.
The atrium spills into the amenity spaces at both the lobby and the top of the tower.
Weaving an Atrium
Organically shaped, curved floors extrude into the center and enliven the hub of the building while balancing the rectilinear logic of the exterior. The balconies consist of four radial variations, which mirror and rotate through the tower to create varied layouts from floor to floor.
Maximizing Daylight
The system of balconies is thoughtfully designed to allow as much daylight as possible to spill in from the atrium and onto each floor.
Optimizing Views
While improving light, the offset extrusions of the floors augment visual connectivity between colleagues of different departments, creating sightlines that would be impossible in an atrium with repeating floor shapes.
New Workplace Performance
Wanting to combine the traditional desk-oriented office and more dynamic, collaborative areas, the atrium programming reinforces the company’s culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation. A broad spectrum of workspaces includes flexible desks, tall tables, and informal collaboration areas. Micro-kitchens, glass-enclosed conference rooms, and other public amenities encourage interaction within and between teams.
Project Details
With a full-height, 30-floor, light-filled atrium woven through every department, this workplace creates visual and spatial connections between employees on a mission to link people through technology.
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