Headquarters Shenzhen

LocationShenzhen, China
Size35,000m²
Year2025
StatusUnder construction

A HQ is not only an opportunity to create a 'home', or to give physical and symbolic shape to ambition, it is also a chance to give back to the city by creating spaces for public engagement that enhance the quality of the built environment.
This is the ethos of the DR building — one of care and commitment.

With generous corner terraces that are open and accessible from all sides, the lobby will be a welcome invitation into the 'World of DR'.
The lobby is the heart of the building where all aspects of the DR program from retail experience, office, museum and events come together.
Like a public ‘living room', it will encourage a natural cross fertilisation of different users throughout its daily life, whilst also being a showcase for tempory art installations and events.
One of the primary concepts from the outset was the integration of planted terrace spaces as an extension of the office space. By organizing the building according to respective user groups, we were able to provide double or triple height shaded garden spaces to each group, offering them each a high quality experience.
Collages exploring the materiality and atmosphere of the atrium and associated spaces were a key part of our process. Deliberately crude and both asking and answering, these images seek to synthesise material and formal ideas, developing a deeper understanding of the emerging 'space'.
A later extension to the project was a bridge from the lobby level that led to a wedding chapel in the park. Like the main building, we conceived of the structure as a jewel sheathed in chromed steel rods behind which a public staircase winds continuously from park to bridge.
The chapel space is a glass brick drum — an abstract, ethereal atmosphere in which matter relents to light, body to soul.
The diamond of the bay

Credits

TeamWhile working for David Chipperfield Architects Shanghai: Matt Ball, Annebé Brouwer, Nettie Ni, Zhifing Li, Zhongyang Chen
Structural engineerEngineeria
MEP consultantXCO2
Facade engineerRFR

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