TP-LINK Hangzhou R&D Center
When the office has slowly entered the era of mobility as expected 10 years ago, the “router” seems to be a reference to a new type of office facility connecting people and resources. This project is designed for a manufacturer which is specializing in the research?development and manufacturing of network and communication terminal equipment, and also is the world’s largest router manufacturer–TP-LINK, as the East China R&D Center.
The project is located in the high tech zone of Hangzhou Binjiang district. It?s surrounded by high-tech enterprise R&D parks, and the regional arterial road is located on the west side of the site. The above-ground building area is about 26,700?. Aerial view . Image © Weiqi Jin
As an R&D office building for enterprise? own use, its building form can be quite different from that of general office buildings. The building space organization is customized design according to the requirements of the enterprise, and usually more shared spaces are accomodated. At the same time, the architecture will also be used as a carrier of corporate social image and value in a sense.
After many rounds of discussions with the owners, the final design is a clear spatial model: the R&D function as two externally invisible “black boxes” utilizing the north and south daylighting, and the common space between the two black boxes are shared by all departments. The shared function block...