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.

Artistic Expression: Narrative Poetry of Light, Shadow, and Space

This futuristic sense of technology is not an empty form of gaming. When the sink faucets are arranged in an orderly manner in an art museum display, when the cabinet hardware evolves into exquisite collections in a symmetrical slope, daily home scenes are refined into artistic expressions. The artistic sense permeates the space through a three-layer narrative system: the installation art of "Interstellar Medium" at the entrance is composed of 2000 pieces of 316 stainless steel thin sheets, suspended in the air through magnetic levitation technology, and presented in a nebula like flowing form by the gentle breeze; The "Time Slice" light and shadow installation in the atrium uses programmable LED and mirror stainless steel reflection to project the evolution trajectory of hardware products from raw materials to finished products on the wall; The "Material Poetics" series at the corner of the corridor combines stainless steel etching technology with laser projection, using dynamic images to tell the "past and present" of each metal. E Studio seamlessly integrates the office environment with exhibition hall functions. The atrium can serve as both a leisure area and a venue for art installation exhibitions, allowing commercial spaces to transcend transactional attributes and become cultural venues that inspire inspiration.

Light and Shadow Theater: The Concerto of Materials and Light

Inspired by the teamLab interactive device, Hangao has created a "Light and Shadow Theater" in the product experience area - when visitors touch the mirrored stainless steel exhibition wall, the built-in sensor will trigger real-time projection, generating digital ripples on the metal surface, and blooming deconstructive animations of hardware products along with the touch trajectory. The synergistic effect of this stainless steel reflective property and digital projection increases the conversion rate of product demonstrations by 40%. The flow planning of commercial space has hidden mysteries: the multi-functional exhibition hall adopts a "galaxy exploration" narrative path, with a main channel width of 3.5 meters guiding the public to visit, and a 0.8 meter wide branch path leading to hidden brand story nodes. The brand experience area features three levels of interaction: a 1.5-meter-high touch display platform for quick understanding, a 2.2-meter-high immersive screen wall for showcasing application scenarios, and a central circular negotiation area (with a diameter of 4.8 meters) that seamlessly switches between product demonstrations and business exchanges through a stainless steel booth that can be raised and lowered.

The natural light optimization solution provided by Shixin Design has been creatively applied here. By calculating the mathematical relationship between the reflection angle of stainless steel and the inclination of the curtain wall, the natural light utilization rate of the entire space is increased by 23%. Especially in the product display area, the precisely tilted 15 ° mirror stainless steel display panel refracts the light from the top window into a uniform circular spot, avoiding the glare problem of traditional exhibition halls and coating hardware products with a sacred halo, achieving a perfect unity of functionality and ceremony.

Design Philosophy: The Folding of Time and Space in the Dialogue between Old and New

Drawing on the design technique of Basdban Coffee Space, which uses 6mm steel plates to penetrate historical buildings, the Hangao Interstellar Headquarters has constructed a unique "dialogue between old and new" system. The original factory building concrete columns preserved at the entrance collide strongly with the surrounding titanium gold stainless steel in time and space - the juxtaposition of rough texture and precision polishing is just like the transformation trajectory of Hangao from a traditional hardware manufacturer to a leader in future life aesthetics.

This dialogue is more sophisticated at the material level: the material collision rule validated by the Guangzhou Taikoo Hui project is extended here - the satin brushed stainless steel spiral staircase and walnut handrails form a tactile contrast with a temperature difference of 28 ℃, and the 0.5mm light strip embedded at the edge of the steps dissolves the icy feeling of the metal. The data shows that the carefully proportioning of this cold and warm material increases spatial affinity by 35%, perfectly balancing industrial genes and cultural temperature.

Sustainable Value: The Material Revolution for a Green Future

The recycled stainless steel technology provided by Taizhe Customization injects an environmentally friendly core into this futuristic building. 30% of the stainless steel components in the entire project are made of recycled steel containing 60% recycled materials, reducing production energy consumption by 35%. Especially in the employee rest area, the furniture system created by recycling aviation grade aluminum and recycled stainless steel not only presents a unified color tone of high-end gray, but also conveys the value proposition of circular economy.

The AF anti fingerprint coating technology verified by Shenzhen Ping An Financial Center has been widely applied here, reducing the cleaning frequency of stainless steel surfaces by 50% and saving maintenance costs of about 120000 yuan per year. What is even more innovative is the combination of photovoltaic technology and stainless steel cladding - the 2000 square meter cadmium telluride thin film photovoltaic module on the south facade is pressed between double-layer stainless steel plates, which not only maintains the futuristic appearance of the building, but also provides clean electricity for internal exhibitions, achieving a win-win situation of aesthetics and sustainability.

Here, futurism is no longer an unattainable fantasy. The practical experience of using 30000 square meters in Hangao has proven that when the coldness of stainless steel meets the temperature of art, and when office scenes converse with interstellar imagination, commercial space design can become a bridge connecting reality and the future. In this' Museum of Modern Art ', every detail tells the story: the best future is always born from profound deconstruction and poetic reconstruction of daily life.