Volvo Metropolis undertaking designed by Area in Mexico Metropolis showcases Scandinavian minimalism blended with Mexican craftsmanship, that includes a circuit-like format with pure lighting, hybrid workspaces, and a sustainability focus.
Volvo Automobiles, based in 1927, is right this moment some of the well-known and revered car manufacturers on the planet, with gross sales of 661,713 vehicles in 100 nations in 2020 alone. Volvo Automobiles has been a part of Zhejiang Geely Holding since 2010. By the tip of 2020, it had roughly 40,000 full-time workers. Volvo’s product improvement, advertising and marketing, and administration places of work are primarily positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden. The principle places of work within the Asia-Pacific area are in Shanghai. The first manufacturing crops are in Gothenburg (Sweden), Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (USA), Chengdu, and Daqing (China). Engines are manufactured in Skövde (Sweden) and Zhangjiakou (China), whereas physique parts are produced in Olofström (Sweden).
Consistent with the corporate’s new goal, Volvo Automobiles goals to offer its prospects with the liberty to maneuver sustainably, individually, and safely. This goal is mirrored in a sequence of company ambitions, for instance, by the center of this decade, Volvo Automobiles goals for 50% of its world gross sales to be totally electrical vehicles and goals to ascertain 5 million direct shopper relationships. Volvo Automobiles can be dedicated to additional decreasing its carbon footprint with the ambition to develop into a climate-neutral firm by 2040.
The design of Volvo’s places of work, known as Volvo Metropolis, was created on half of the twenty eighth flooring at The Summit Santa Fe. The design incorporates the minimalism and performance of Sweden, in addition to the clear and easy strains of the model’s automobiles. The feel and appear offers a way of hospitality by mixing Scandinavian model with Mexican craftsmanship. The perimeter options curtain wall facades, which offer ample pure gentle and wonderful panoramic views.
Volvo Metropolis is designed in a circuit-like format, with the principle circulation path forming a highway that connects totally different areas. Lighting performs a major function and serves as a guiding ingredient all through the workplace. The hybrid workplace mannequin is carried out by informal, collaborative, and conventional workspaces, in addition to leisure and rest areas, divided into zones reminiscent of the general public, collaborative workspace, and high-concentration work areas. The various workspace palette permits customers to inhabit the workplace all through the day.
Upon getting into, you’re greeted by the foyer bar and lounge, which serves as a ready or informal assembly space and divides the general public space from the personal space. To the fitting is the general public space, which features a 6-person boardroom, a cafeteria, a convention middle for 66 individuals, and technical rooms. On the left facet of the foyer, previous an entry management level, is the open workspace space. This space promotes teamwork by versatile furnishings.
The guts of this zone is the work cafe positioned in a nook with a panoramic view, selling socialization and dynamic work. Within the middle of the world, subsequent to the core of the constructing, you can find varied enclosed areas that operate as assembly rooms and warfare rooms. These parts are framed by a luminous arch that emulates the window of a automobile.
Lastly, there’s the focus space, which promotes particular person work. This zone is quiet and calm, and it features a pair of cellphone cubicles for video calls or private calls. Throughout the focus space, there’s a set of enclosed areas that homes the print room, 4 unassigned personal rooms known as libraries, a versatile space, a rest room, and a maternity room.
The undertaking’s journey ends with a secondary entrance and backlit artwork that signifies that it isn’t the tip of the highway as a result of there’s nonetheless extra to find. Along with offering its customers with a top-notch workspace, the Volvo Metropolis undertaking goals to be environmentally pleasant. With sustainability in thoughts, the undertaking was designed with LEED certification within the works.
Design: Area
Design Staff: Juan Carlos Baumgartner, Sophia Peimbert, Gerardo Campa, Angélica Medina
Builder: Alpha Hardin
Images: Luis Lemus