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Gillivo showroom island and associated open office area, with Daniel Hechter showroom beyond.
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Gillivo administrative office, open office and showroom.
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Interior view of the Dissona brand showroom. Existing building structure was stripped and left exposed to contrast the refined product and millwork.
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Administrative offices.
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19th floor lobby with perforated stainless steel panel elevator alcoves. © Hai Zhang.
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Suite of executive offices with indoor/outdoor common space beyond.
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Executive conference room overlooking the Futian Business District.
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VP office suite.
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Indoor/outdoor commons.
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Elevator lobby with perforated stainless steel paneled niches and ceiling.
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Concept diagram illustrating the benefits of clustering open office spaces around the high-end showrooms.
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Component Axon detail illustrating the showroom blocks, individual offices, and ceiling logic.
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Partial view of the physical model form the north side. Most of the floors available perimeter is programmed with open office space so the maximum number of staff have direct access to natural light and views.
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Physical model photo of the executive zone, lined with a spiral pattern of white oak.
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Daniel Hechter showroom with seasonally changing cabinet graphic.

JORINAL HEADQUARTERS

Jorinal Development Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Proposal 2011
Project 2011
Projected Completion 2012

Situated on the 19th floor of a contemporary office building in Shenzhen, Jorinal's new 30,000sf headquarters opens itself to its exterior surrounds and privileges the space as a whole over its individual parts. Overlooking urban parkland and the Futian Business District, the de-compartmentalized spatial organization takes advantage of the existing narrow floor plate and exterior terraces to provide exciting views, daylight and outdoor space for 315 designers, administrators and staff. R+L worked with Jorinal to minimize the number of enclosed office spaces and pulled most of these away from building's perimeter, reserving nearly 80% of the available 210m glazed area for shared office spaces, informal gather spaces, and general circulation.

The office areas are organized in open pockets created between several major programmatic blocks, or "islands" that are informally staggered throughout the space. Three of these islands are large glazed showrooms, one for each of Jorinal's major brands, around which their specific associated departments are situated. The open office spaces are designed to create strong connections between departments and work to foster a culture of collaboration simply through the conception of the space and organization as a whole.

Rice+Lipka Architects
Principals: Lyn Rice & Astrid Lipka
Project Architect/Designer: Benjamin Cadena
Project Team: Andrew Dadds, Taylor Dover, Jae Hee Lee