Hangao Interstellar Headquarters: When Hardware Manufacturing Meets Futurist Art Lead designers
Hangao Interstellar Headquarters: When Hardware Manufacturing Meets Futurist Art
Lead designers: Fan Junjian, Zhou Xuanzhuo
Address: Foshan, China
Area: 5000 square meters
Keywords: artistic sense, hardware manufacturing/exhibition hall, office environment, Foshan, headquarters, futuristic sense, visual art, atrium, cantilevered stairs, application of stainless steel, commercial space
In Foshan, a manufacturing hotspot, a 30000 square meter building is redefining the boundaries of commercial space design. Hangao Interstellar Headquarters - This futuristic masterpiece, designed by Ferrari's exclusive design team Pininfarina for architectural aesthetics and created by E Studio One for its interior space, transforms the office environment and product exhibition hall into a "modern art museum" exploring future life with the cold texture and artistic narrative of stainless steel.
Space Design: Interstellar Expression of Material Aesthetics
The Artistic Transformation of Industrial Materials
Entering the empty lobby, the traditional spatial order is completely overturned. The continuous irregular stainless steel connects the entire space like an interstellar medium, and the inclined curtain wall cuts a visual dimension between reality and fantasy. The most stunning cantilevered staircase is not only a functional connecting link, but also a dynamic sculpture at the center of the space - as you climb up the stairs, the hollow areas cut light and shadow into flowing galaxies like spaceship portholes, making every step a metaphor for interstellar roaming.
The design of the office environment presents precise ergonomic considerations: the open collaboration area adopts a 304 stainless steel frame with sound-absorbing glass partitions, a 1.8-meter-high modular workstation that ensures visual transparency and forms psychological boundaries, equipped with a adjustable desktop (adjustable range 65-85cm) and curved ergonomic chairs, reducing sedentary fatigue by 40%. The independent focus space is made of 316 mirror stainless steel to create a semi enclosed cabin, with etched sound wave noise reduction textures on the inner walls, and an adjustable color temperature lighting system (3000K-6500K) to create an ideal acoustic and light environment for deep work.
Stainless steel has undergone a transformation from an industrial material to an artistic language here. The wall is treated with 304 stainless steel satin brushed finish (mesh size 400 #) to create a delicate silk texture; The display cabinet countertop is made of 8K mirror stainless steel (316 material), with reflections interwoven with the real and virtual objects; Customized furniture is cut with a water jet and laser welded to etch geometric patterns with a precision of 0.2mm onto 304 stainless steel. The triangular stainless steel wardrobe challenges daily order with sharp geometry, and the folding design creates a visual maze that intertwines time and space; The circular device creates a dimensionless field in the atrium, with paths of different curvatures guiding visitors to explore the symbiotic relationship between hardware products and spatial art. Even the unavoidable structural columns have been transformed into functional and sculptural entities, sometimes hidden in the background and sometimes becoming the protagonists of spatial narrative.
Contemporary Interpretation of Craft Aesthetics
The water ripple embossed stainless steel ceiling of Tokyo Isetan Watch Store provides a subtle footnote to material aesthetics - six 948mm × 600mm movable panels reflect flowing light spots under sunlight through precision embossing technology, like solidified morning mist on the Huangpu River. This technology has been further developed by the irregular curtain wall of the Hangao Interstellar Headquarters. Through parametric design, each piece of stainless steel has a unique ripple angle, presenting a gradient spectrum from silver white to indigo as the sunlight angle changes.
The 2000 gradient mirror stainless steel sheets of the "Flowing Waterfall" in Shenzhen Bay Wanda Plaza inspired the dynamic installation design of the headquarters atrium. Hangao has pushed the mirror polishing process to the extreme, achieving an 8K super mirror effect (reflectivity of 90%) on the stainless steel surface. Coupled with a programmable rotating mechanism, the entire device presents a breathing like rhythm of light and shadow under the action of wind, attracting more than 300 employees to stop and watch every day.
The comparison of surface treatment processes showcased in the Zhejiang Zhubajie website project is fully applied here: mirror stainless steel (8K ultra mirror reflectivity of 90%) creates a futuristic interface for the cantilevered lobby, satin brushed walls create a soft diffuse reflection environment in the office area, and sandblasted matte texture display stands provide a neutral background for product display. Furthermore, PVD coating technology is used to customize colors such as gold and rose gold (with a film thickness of only 0.1-0.3 μ m), injecting a warm layer into the cold tone of stainless steel.