JHD | “Essence”of CRRC Project with national strategic significance

DATE：2024-12-09 Author：

Having established a number of overseas companies and overseas research and development centers one after another and having set up complete supply chain systems, manufacturing systems, marketing networks, and after-sales service networks at home and abroad, CRRC TEC is one of the core enterprise providing high-end equipment that fully participate in international competition, practice the Belt and Road Initiative and the “Made in China 2025” strategy, and support China Railway High-speed to “go out”. It creates an “leading; future; international” exclusive business card in the railway equipment industry. 

The project, seated in Shifeng District, Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province, consists of three single buildings: mass innovation center; experimental center for scientific research; power center. Its gross floor area is 95,130.98 ㎡, wherein the aboveground floor area is 70,740.44 ㎡ (mainly including the mass innovation center, the experimental center for scientific research, and the power center) and the underground floor area is 24,390.54 ㎡ (mainly including the underground parking garage and the power center basement).

Embody the link between human and nature in the technique of natural ecology.The stress-free, comfortable, pleasant atmosphere combined with the team’s organization pattern brings an office environment featured with openness, sharing, interaction, and efficiency. 




The design integrates the gene, culture, and IP of the enterprise so that office scenes have the logical form of product style and that the office environment is persistently adapted to CRRC’s office mode and working style.

The overall design of the lobby draws on architectural elements and evolves and optimizes them, creating an integrated indoor and outdoor atmosphere as well as a symmetrical sense of ceremony. The ceiling system uses high-quality metal sheets as the main construction material, cleverly integrating with the wall design to create a harmonious and unified spatial beauty. In this exquisite layout, the central area incorporates the core concept of "CRRC Way", and through a series of planning and orderly arrangement design techniques, endows the space with infinite dynamic changes and a sense of hierarchy.

In terms of design, fully utilize the aesthetic features of metal surface texture to increase the three-dimensional and layered sense of space, but also complement the philosophical ideas of the "CRRC Way", achieving a perfect integration of traditional culture and modern design. 

Modular combination and flexible spatial layout, the design of the central area is not only visually impactful, but also reveals a profound understanding of order and change in details, making the entire space both grand and delicate, and dynamic.

The spatial design of the entire lobby is permeated with the core concept of track elements and axis symmetry from beginning to end, creating a highly imposing and ceremonial atmosphere.

In terms of design techniques, the lobby incorporates world map elements to showcase an open and inclusive global perspective; At the same time, the embellishment of CRRC corporate elements highlights the cultural heritage of the space. The penetration of orbital elements, in its smooth and modern form, further enhances the transparency and modernity of the space, making the entire lobby visually more open and layered, showcasing a unique and harmonious aesthetic charm.

The corridor is made modern, grand and warm through design, which integrates CRRC elements into the ceiling. Through integrated design of wall surface and ceiling as well as orderly arrangement of various elements, the original long and monotonous corridor is upgraded into a space with obvious layer of layering and full of ceremonial atmosphere. 

The track elements added in design could not only enrich the details but also bring a special feeling of industrial decoration for the corridor. Track element is also applied to the ground, making the whole space more harmonious visually so that each detail embodies the craftsmanship and strict quality requirements.

The design of the elevator hall incorporates the concept of track elements and axis symmetry, continuing the coherence and depth of the design. The ceiling design is centered around grandeur and simplicity, with a strong overall sense, reducing unnecessary decorative elements, emphasizing the purity and order of the space, and creating a visual effect that is both open and exquisite.

The wall design also follows the technique of emphasizing both the overall and details, harmoniously integrating design elements. The design of the elevator buttons is stable yet modern, revealing a control over details everywhere, symbolizing CRRC's spirit of excellence and pursuit of quality.

The overall design of the staircase classroom is both simple and warm, showcasing a sense of grandeur and delicacy, while also taking into account precise control over details. High quality block blankets are laid on the ground, which not only have good sound absorption effect, ensuring a quiet atmosphere in the classroom.

In the design of the ceiling, we concealed some of the light sources to reduce the negative impact of direct light strips on people. The overall design takes locomotives and tracks as design elements, and the wall shape is like a locomotive running at high speed on the track, combined with the concept of "CRRC Way", while also representing the beautiful intention of the enterprise's high-speed and safe development.

The wall design also closely revolves around the overall design elements, forming an integrated design with the ceiling, making the entire space more visually coherent and generating strong visual impact and shock. 

The atrium leisure area is placed on the third floor so the trees selected and used here are not large. Its overall design leans towards a modern leisure style. The whole leisure area is divided into rest zones by virescence. Some of the rest zones integrates the CRRC element into their modeling. 

The resting area on the third floor, sitting opposite to the elevator hall and tightly combined with the atrium on the third floor, could be integrated with the indoor space seamlessly by the atrium landscape, which implies the concept of integrated design. It adopts the symmetrical design in line with the corporate culture as well, making the whole space more magnificent and more ritualistic.

The VIP reception room breaks the traditional expression technique and focuses on creating the wall part. Combining the line elements of the theme, the wallpaper is arranged in a sequence, and the lighting is used to make the entire space more visually impactful, sequential, and ceremonial, while also satisfying the function of sound absorption. 

 

 

The overall space of the conference room is bright and dignified The wall is made of wood and wallpaper with hard wrapping. The grid joints on the partially wooden walls reflect the line elements of the "Middle Way", while the ceiling design makes the entire space softer and more modern, connecting with other spatial elements. The central luminous film of the ceiling provides uniform illumination for the desktop. The back painted glass material of the main wall is simple and elegant, which not only allows for projection but also facilitates the function of wall writing.

 

Utilize chips to drive humans’ green transport and energy sustainability. Take chip-coded linear elements and implant them into space, giving the space a clearer and more recognizable feeling of rhythms.

 

The holistic strategy of lobby spatial design is understood from three dimensions: linear mass; multi-layered streamline; spatial order. Firstly, the functional relationship is clear in the interactions and streamlines among advisory area, resting area, and coffee area.The global spatial framework is formed by a streamlined ceiling. The combination of metal gratings with magnetic tracks is meant to reflect CRRC’s corporate vision centered on rail transit equipment and simultaneously to give the space a clearer and more recognizable feeling of rhythms.

Through modular subdivision and scale control, a rigorous and rich spatial state is created, symbolizing the intention of the "core" made with care to have high-tech and rigorous attitude. 

The spatial facade design adopts a bite symmetrical design, and the two side facades are expressed in the form of "windows" through concave convex design, aiming for enterprises to look at the world from a global perspective; At the same time, the walls on both sides also represent every high-tech chip module, aiming to promote the attitude of enterprises pursuing excellent quality.

The combination of metallic with wood grains also reveals the grandness and stateliness of the overhead atrium, fitting not only the technology-based theme but also the corporate culture. As for the design of atrium, special attention is paid to modern atmosphere; modular design and rigorous sense of order are stressed to bring modern and harmonious feelings of aesthetics.

The overall design of the office area adheres to the aesthetic concept of modernity and simplicity, creating a clean, bright and fast working environment. In terms of floor plan layout, cleverly planned rest areas are placed on both sides of the space, which not only facilitates easy business negotiations for employees, but also provides them with comfortable resting corners.

In terms of spatial separation, we cleverly used different materials to divide the office area and aisle area, which not only maintained the transparency of the space, but also achieved reasonable differentiation of functional areas.

In the hall space, the ceiling and the floor take rolling stock tracks and correspond to each other, meaning forward and upward through information and the world. In the visitor gallery, the ceiling is made up of dense gratings, meaning train lanes come together, simultaneously having a function to emphasize and lead to the gallery, and corresponding to the reception desk background material.

The primary background of the lobby reception desk evolves from a train module and adopts light strips for plasticization. Walls combine stone materials with wood grains. The global design of the hall is matched with the impression that the power center appears to be safe, stately and massive, concise and modern.