In 2009, Alibaba Group signed an agreement with Shenzhen to build its international headquarters and southern headquarters in Nanshan, Shenzhen. In 2010, it also "joined hands" with Shenzhen and built an international headquarters, South China headquarters and R&D center in Nanshan, Shenzhen; In 2019 and 2020, Shenzhen held the Global Investment Conference at the end of the year for two consecutive years, including the international and regional headquarters of a series of well-known domestic and foreign enterprises, including the international headquarters of Xiaomi Group and the headquarters of ByteDance in the Greater Bay Area. [i]
In recent years, with the strong rise of the headquarters economy formed by the office market, it is accompanied by the reshaping of urban space and the transformation of industries. At the same time, under the top-level design of smart city construction, intelligent construction relying on digital and intelligent technology is booming, and the construction design of corporate headquarters is also moving in the direction of wisdom, efficiency and people-oriented.
Technology empowers a new experience of smart office
When we step into the office building in the morning, face recognition will automatically pass through the access control, and the elevator will go directly to the designated floor without contact; Instead of time-consuming and laborious data cuts, regulators can do it easily and efficiently in the cloud......Here, the building is no longer just a pile of reinforced concrete, but a smart building with temperature that truly realizes the correlation of people, equipment and space. Nowadays, smart buildings have become an important part of smart city construction.
The headquarters building is the window of the external image of the enterprise, is the carrier of corporate culture and enterprise spirit, and its operation has the conflict between science and technology and culture, economy and green, health and efficiency. With the acceleration of urbanization, many leading enterprise headquarters have also transformed to intelligence, with the help of technology.
Strive to achieve a smarter office experience.
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Contactless accessTencent's new headquarters building, as the new headquarters of Tencent Holdings, integrates digitalization and intelligence, and connects Tencent employees in a more efficient way. For example, employees do not need to swipe their cards to enter the office area, and they can enter by swiping their faces; The elevator system is integrated into the building's Internet of Things, and the elevator can be booked and reached the designated floor by WeChat; In the lobby on the first floor, you can also interact with AR and VR devices through mobile phones, and the indoor precise positioning technology can be accurate to one meter. Intelligence brings a contactless office experience, which is not only a workplace, but also a vertical ecological community that makes employees comfortable and healthy, and stimulates creativity.
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Shared, flexible workingHeadquartered in Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Bitkey creates a cross-work approach that encourages employees to engage in high-quality work through innovative space design. The BitKey office has a freelance desk system that offers various types of seating, including 29 single workstations and 6 four-person workstations, which can be booked through a smartphone app. In addition, information such as the location of employees in the office, how crowded each area is, and meeting room usage are all visually displayed on the office's tablets and monitors.
Safe and secureAs buildings grow into the air, super-high-rise headquarters buildings and office buildings also put forward higher requirements for safety facilities. In line with the mission of creating a safer and more open environment for users, ASSA ABLOY Commercial Solutions provided nearly 2,000 steel fire doors to ensure that the entrance and exit areas of the building's back-of-house areas were protected. On top of security, fire doors can also be equipped with automatic door openers, electronic control hardware, as well as card readers, facial recognition and other authorized devices to increase access control management functions. While giving full play to the fireproof and smoke-proof performance, the ordinary fire door identifies the personnel entering and exiting the key areas, providing double protection for security.
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Excellent technology helps ecological office
With the development of smart buildings, a healthy and comfortable office environment has attracted more and more attention. More and more headquarters buildings are focusing on LEED certification and WELL certification, paying more attention to green, safety, health and other elements in building design, and applying technologies such as smart lighting, intelligent temperature control, and intelligent security systems to office spaces.
Uber headquarters buildingInnovative intelligent temperature control
In 2023, the Uber headquarters building in San Francisco, USA, will be completed, and the innovative cutting-edge design will form four buildings, using high technology to achieve energy conservation and environmental protection. Two of the buildings use a 23,000-meter glass curtain wall system, which is a key material for energy conservation and environmental protection. The 180 self-opening and closing glass windows, controlled by a computer, can be set in specific locations according to the local sunshine and wind direction model, which can reduce the heating and cooling of air conditioning by 20%. The design is LEED Gold certified in accordance with the Global Green Building Standard.
CECEP ParkRainwater harvesting and utilization
Adhering to a commitment to renewable energy and environmental protection, Shanghai's new CECEP campus was designed as the city's "greenest" building, with sustainability integrated into every aspect of its design and architecture, achieving a score of more than 90 in China's rigorous three-star rating system for green buildings – the highest score of any building in Shanghai. Biophilic design uses rainwater harvesting to irrigate vast green spaces and landscaping, enhancing indoor-outdoor connectivity. In addition to this, the design minimizes the need for refrigeration through optimized external shading.
Apple HeadquartersApplication of new building materials
In order to achieve a unique architectural design and create a 100% eco-friendly ecological park, Apple made extensive use of industry-leading construction technology and new building materials to build the headquarters campus. The roof of the main building uses solar panels to save energy and reduce emissions. 17 MW of solar panels have been laid on the roof, and 4 MW of biogas fuel cells have been installed on the campus. At present, 100% renewable energy has been achieved in the park, and the excess electricity can be used for other buildings around the park.
With the promotion of the dual carbon goal and the rapid development of intelligent office, environmental protection and energy saving have become the key demands of the new headquarters office building, and new environmentally friendly raw materials are also favored by many enterprises. ASSA ABLOY Commercial Solutions has provided more than 10,000 sets of access control hardware for Beijing's landmark project "China Zun", including master key management system cylinders, mechatronic locks, American standard locks, European standard locks, push bar locks, door closers, small hardware, hinges and other products made from environmentally friendly raw materials. In addition, ASSA ABLOY Commercial Solutions also focuses on serving all types of high-end commercial buildings with EPD (Green Product Certification) products, providing architects and designers with third-party verified, scientifically and internationally recognized product life cycle assessments, helping customers comply with relevant environmental regulations, such as product carbon footprint data, natural resource depletion and energy consumption, etc., to help add points to LEED certification.
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Indoor health and buildings should be better integrated, not only with technological innovation, but also with indoor environmental monitoring, so that buildings can be actively perceived and adjusted, so that it has more interconnection with people. ASSA ABLOY Commercial Solutions has a proven track record of smart security products in the market, and in the future, ASSA ABLOY will deliver a reassuring end-to-end journey and a convenient and sustainable future for customers and end-users with powerful solutions and consistent service standards.