The HQ workplace of Hangzhou Junyue Technology Co., Ltd., designed by LYCS Architecture with an integrated interior and exhibition design approach, has been officially completed. The project is located in the JOYE Smart Park within the northern industrial zone of Hangzhou, covering a construction area of approximately 5,000 square meters. It includes functions such as research and development, office space, meeting rooms, exhibition halls, and leisure and entertainment areas.
Founded in 2013, Hangzhou Junyue Technology Co., Ltd. is dedicated to providing one-stop solutions for the electrification needs of various furniture scenarios. As a high-tech enterprise specializing in continuous innovation in furniture electrification, it integrates R&D, production, and sales. Upholding a philosophy of constant innovation and personalization, the company drives the electrification and intelligence of furniture, empowering top global brands such as Herman Miller, Steelcase, and HAWORTH.
The HQ building features a conventional frame structure, with activities and sightlines segmented by the floor slabs. The design team redefined the circulation routes, created an atrium, and blurred the boundaries between walls, floors, and the roof, breaking the conventional concept of separate levels. Using flowing white curves, they transformed the multi-level space into a continuous three-dimensional environment, bringing a light, cloud-like experience and creating a refreshing and distinctive HQ space.
Rising Tides in a Sea of Clouds
The lobby is centered around a two-story atrium. The design features low-hanging cumulus clouds, connecting the exhibition hall and meeting area at both ends of the atrium. These snow-white clouds gently descend from the ceiling, floating like soft, flowing gauze in wisps, creating a large-scale, embracing, and iconic overall image.
The first floor features an open lounge surrounding two enclosed glass meeting rooms, creating a welcoming gesture. The second floor houses a medium-to-large multifunctional hall, where the combination of grilles, glass, and stepped seating creates a subtle sense of suspension between solid and void.
The meeting area is accessed by ascending a low-hanging "cloud ladder." White linear elements blur the boundaries between the ceiling, walls, and stairs, integrating conventional architectural components and creating a space with an atmosphere of innovation that breaks away from tradition.
In the Depths of the Clouds
The first-floor exhibition space begins with the product showroom. The space is divided into segments using grids and linear elements, with JOYE’s electrification products positioned at various nodes within the spatial matrix. A central display platform provides a setting for demonstrations. Beyond the product display area, the exhibition transitions into a series of scenario-based displays, as if moving through parallel spaces, showcasing the various dimensions of JOYE’s solutions. These displays cover multiple products across different environments, including home, office, education, and healthcare.
Unlike the spatial juxtaposition of the first-floor exhibition hall, the second-floor showroom is organized around a timeline. The honor hall, resembling a black box, houses the company’s past achievements.
Exiting the showroom, visitors pass through a time corridor highlighting the company’s milestones, connecting to the production factory representing the company’s present operations. The past and future of the enterprise are simultaneously displayed, creating a space that activates customer perception and interaction.
Strolling on Cloud Steps
The office area on the 9th and 10th floors is also centered around a two-story atrium. The original floor plan used an offset core layout, resulting in poor lighting in the core office areas. To address this, the design opens up two floors and introduces an operable skylight, bringing in sunlight and fresh air and creating a vibrant atrium.
In the center of the atrium, a massive two-story cloud-like walkway was constructed, blurring the boundaries between the two office floors. At both ends of the walkway are discussion areas, pantries, and printing rooms, with the discussion areas arranged around the staircase.
The cloud-like walkway is composed of vertical white elements, with sunlight filtering through the grilles, creating a bright and orderly spatial atmosphere. As the sun rises and sets, the scenery changes accordingly, allowing employees to fully relax their minds during work breaks. It also becomes a distinctive, iconic feature of the company’s identity.
Using efficiency, privacy, and open communication as the two axes, the design team created a spectrum of workspace options. These include fully private phone booths, semi-private glass box offices, semi-open grille box offices, and fully open office areas that encourage interaction. The varying scales and degrees of openness provide all employees with an inclusive, equitable, flexible, sustainable, and healthy work environment, ensuring that extroverts and introverts find spaces that suit their needs.
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