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News • News • 27 Jun 2021
Snøhetta completes a curving design for Polestar’s Chengdu production facilities
A new production facility for electric car producer Polestar, this latest project from Snøhetta is a bright, spacious and open building that brings together employees, clients and visitors. Environmentally friendly measures such as outdoor spaces and generous amounts of light inform the design along with energy-efficient solutions to ventilation and water usage.
Polestar China
Visually the building is defined by its curving shape. This curve acts as a structuring gesture, creating associations to the movement and dynamics of the car industry and car racing as well as tying landscape and building together.
Polestar China
The building curves out of the main factory volume to create areas for offices, canteens, and a... More
News • News • 12 Apr 2021
UNStudio arrange JetBrains St. Petersburg office transformation around stepped atrium
Central to UNStudio's design for JetBrains St. Petersburg office campus transformation is a stepped indoor atrium. With the large open space, connected to an outdoor courtyard and outdoor terraces, the architects intend to increase engagement and create a strong office community.
The atrium spine connects to communal functions like central meeting rooms, breakout spaces, auditoriums and the central restaurant, all in a backdrop of biophilia.
The designers break with the usual open plan floors for the work stations and organize the 1000 new work places around teams and individual focus.
“JetBrains is a highly innovative company. They are ambitious, possess a deep understanding of their workforce and have a very contemp... More