Huanglong International Center Phase IV Offices / TOMO DESIGN

Architects: TOMO DESIGN
Area: About 1,000 square meters
Year: 2023
Photography: FREE WILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Interior Design: Uno Chan, Xiao Fei
Cooperative Design: Linus, Ice, SIACIZIAO
Decoration Design: Tin, Maple Zhang
Brand Promotion: Xiao Fei, Angel Yiu, TOMO PR TUANTUAN, SUNSHINE PR
Client: Hangzhou Vanke, Canhigh
City: Hangzhou
Country: China

TOMO Design’s latest project at the Huanglong International Center Phase IV in Hangzhou investigates the potential of future office environments through the lens of “micro-interactions.” Encompassing an area of 1,000 square meters, the interior design experiment envisions a workplace that harmonizes technological intelligence with ecological sensibilities. The concept focuses on the impact of micro-scale design decisions, from spatial thresholds and lighting details to landscape integrations and seating arrangements. By interweaving architecture, interior design, and natural elements, the project aims to create a workplace that fosters social exchange, inclusiveness, and a heightened sensory experience. Material selections such as metal, stone, oak wood, and terrazzo are paired with greenery and moss landscapes to achieve a dialogue between tactile warmth and futuristic precision. Spaces including the lobby, elevator hall, washroom, and even the underground garage are treated as immersive environments designed to encourage subtle human connections. The project establishes a new design framework for offices in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and ecological awareness.

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In conceiving Micro-interaction, TOMO Design drew inspiration from the magnifying qualities of the microscope, using it as a metaphor to reconsider the future of office life. Rather than addressing workplace design on a purely functional scale, the architects shifted the perspective to the micro level, focusing on details that shape perception, movement, and interpersonal connection. This approach generates an environment where architecture, interior, and landscape converge in a seamless choreography of space and material.

The lobby, with its sculptural ceiling grids, fluid reception desk, and reflective metal surfaces, embodies the principle of blurred thresholds. The careful alignment of indoor paving with exterior ground treatments dissolves the boundary between interior and exterior, while the integration of natural foliage underscores the passage of time through seasonal change. Light and shadow animate the surfaces throughout the day, creating evolving micro-patterns that reinforce the project’s central theme of perceptual dynamism.

In shared areas, the design extends this dialogue between people and space. Seating arrangements are composed to support both solitude and collaboration, their forms often accompanied by moss and shrubs that bring nature into immediate reach. Metallic art installations and innovative lighting fixtures heighten the atmosphere, presenting an avant-garde aesthetic while remaining rooted in human-scale interactions. The elevator hall continues this exploration, combining stone, metal, and pixelated signage into a scenographic experience that redefines the transitional qualities of circulation zones.

Even utilitarian spaces are reconsidered. The washroom employs vaulted ceilings, oak wood veneers, and terrazzo surfaces to create a serene, intimate setting, while the underground garage evolves into a green ecology where moss and stone seating establish an unexpectedly contemplative environment. These interventions reveal TOMO’s commitment to elevating every spatial encounter, whether public or private, communal or solitary.

The project ultimately positions the office not merely as a site of labor but as a social and cultural ecosystem. By reinterpreting the workplace through micro-perceptions, TOMO Design introduces a refined model of interaction that aligns with the rhythms of nature and the aspirations of future technological intelligence. The result is an office that cultivates trust, inclusivity, and creativity, setting a new benchmark for the evolving typology of workspaces.