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Himalaya Design Office

Himalaya Design

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The entrance is invitingly deep with tranquility; its ceiling and facade consist of multiple mirrors, introducing an illusory interplay of the real and the virtual. - SHEN-PHOTO
The design department - SHEN-PHOTO
The front desk stands alone as an artistic installation and visually connects spatial elements as a focal point at the entrance. Vertical metal rods at the front desk float in an air of lightness, as independent supports for the horizontal structure. The sloping walls intensify people's experience and imagination of spatial dimensions. - Rongkun Chen
The entrance is invitingly deep with tranquility; its ceiling and facade consist of multiple mirrors, introducing an illusory interplay of the real and the virtual. - SHEN-PHOTO

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JURY VOTES
Small Office
7.13
7.03
7.41
6.11
6.92
Tola Ojuolape
Tola Ojuolape Senior Project Designer at Selina
6
6
6
5
5.75
Bill Bouchey
Bill Bouchey Principal - Director of Design Interiors at HOK
4
4
6
5
4.75
Daniel Wigham
Daniel Wigham Strategy & Sustainability Lead at StudioXAG
4
6
6
5
5.25
Penny Craswell
Penny Craswell Writer at The Design Writer
4
5
6
4
4.75
Aezad Muzaffar Alam
Aezad Muzaffar Alam Co-Founder and Design Director at REFORM Studio
4
6
5
5
5
Tiffany Yao
Tiffany Yao Regional Workplace Manager at Newmark
4
5
4
5
4.5
Martin Mostböck
Martin Mostböck Founder and creative director at AID at Martin Mostböck. AID - ArchitectureInteriorsDesign
The whole interior is too predictab...
3
5
3
4
3.75
Christina Wissing Oppermann
Christina Wissing Oppermann Commercial Director at Brandt Collective
3
5
4
4
4
Zhang Jiliang
Zhang Jiliang Vice President at Greentown China Holdings
5
6
6
5
5.5
Floor area
950 ㎡
Completion
2023
Finishes

Inspired by the three-dimensionality of space that coordinates our daily lives, this design concretizes the concept into the structure of the project. Three-way joints as the motif extends to furniture, lighting, and signage, dissolving the linear dimensionality in polyphonic interpretations and thus transforming it into a multi-dimensional information guide, creating a complex chronotope of overlapping time and space.

The design of the office area attempts to deliver the flow in a modern space with diverse materials in a vague atmosphere, meanwhile strengthening the connections in the space in texture contrasts and collisions.

Dark tone pervades the space, complemented by unique textures and lighting reminiscent of commercial spaces. This design rebels against the traditional conception of an office that features brightness in broad daylight and simple interiors. The entrance is invitingly deep with tranquility; its ceiling and facade consist of multiple mirrors, introducing an illusory interplay of the real and the virtual.

Glazed and fired after a complicated process, handmade bricks adorn the waiting area and meeting rooms of different sizes. They traveled from room to room, suffusing the space with the ancient charm of the Minnan Region that no transparent glass could obstruct, pristine texture balances the sharpness of the three-dimensional array.

In modern designs that uphold the principle “Less is More”, elaborate designs seemingly ebb away, yet not at the sacrifice of intricate details and comprehensive effect. In the same vein, this design adheres to that "complexity foregrounds simplicity" by using richly complex materials and techniques to showcase to clients a diverse range of selections in subtle ways. The overall design still maintains a simple appearance, while transcending everyday experiences to explore diverse experiences and innovation by revealing the order underneath complexity.

The material room continues the industrial texture with frosted galvanized sheets, featuring tidiness and order. Experimenting with innovative ideas, the central area becomes an "operating table" for design, on which top lights cascade and hence draw one into a pure state of mind.

Perforated galvanized steel wave plates demarcate the public corridor from the open office area, filling the pathway with the sheen as well as the leaping seasonal lights and shadows reflected on the bare concrete walls.

The design department extends the three-dimensionality motif. Office desks are organized interconnectedly yet independently, conveying a sense of order while also exhibiting a flowing and continuous sensation like a murmuring stream.

Spatial movements stretch in the extensive use of grays and blacks enriched by orange elements. The unified motif and its thematic application flow consistently through the spatial design, featuring light-hearted interludes to highlight the spatial layers while maintaining the juxtaposing sense of light and dark.