Highsun Headquarters

Overview

Highsun’s new headquarters translates four generations of legacy into an integrated architectural and interior experience shaped by identity, nature, and connection.

Location

Fuzhou, Fujian

Client

Highsun

Expertise

[FPO] Built To Suit [FPO] Headquarters

Opportunity

Highsun needed a headquarters that could express its family legacy while projecting a clear identity for the company’s next chapter of growth.

Rooted in textile manufacturing and shaped by four generations of family leadership, Highsun sought a headquarters that could communicate continuity, ambition, and corporate identity through the built environment. The project needed to function as more than an office: it had to create a recognizable architectural presence, support everyday workplace experiences, and connect employees, visitors, community, and nature while positioning the headquarters as a destination that extends beyond the workplace. through a coherent design strategy. This opportunity called for an integrated approach across architecture and interiors rather than a building-only solution.

Why This Matters

01
Legacy Into Form
The headquarters offered a way to translate four generations of family legacy into a contemporary building form shaped by heritage, continuity, and future growth.
02
Identity With Visibility
A recognizable headquarters could strengthen Highsun’s corporate identity by making the company’s presence visible through architecture, arrival experience, and workplace environment.
03
Connection Beyond Work
By linking workplace, social spaces, terraces, and landscape, the project could extend company culture into everyday experiences shared by employees, visitors, and community.

This building brings generations of our legacy into a connected experience, where nature, workplace, and people come together as one. It embodies our identity and brings our spirit of Always. All ways to life.

Solution

Gensler translated Highsun’s heritage and aspirations into an integrated headquarters experience that connects identity, nature, workplace culture, and community.

The design expresses Highsun’s four-generation legacy through a contemporary headquarters shaped by continuity, visibility, and connection. A distinctive architectural form establishes a recognizable corporate landmark, while terraces and landscape-integrated workplace environments bring nature into daily experience. Shared circulation, outdoor gathering spaces, and public-facing amenities strengthen links between workplace, community, and the surrounding context. Interior environments, including executive, workplace, and social spaces, extend the same design vision, creating a cohesive headquarters experience from arrival to everyday occupation. Together, architecture and interiors reinforce Highsun’s identity while supporting interaction, belonging, and long-term growth.

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Renewable Energy Generation

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Annual Energy Reduction

100%

Irrigation Sourced from Rainwater

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Renewable Energy Generation

>20%

Annual Energy Reduction

100%

Irrigation Sourced from Rainwater

From brief to build: translating four generations of family legacy into a landmark headquarters that connects corporate identity, workplace culture, community, and nature.

The design process began by exploring how Highsun’s four-generation legacy could be expressed through a contemporary headquarters environment. Rather than treating the building as a standalone office, the team examined how heritage, identity, visibility, and connection could inform the overall experience. These investigations shaped a series of integrated design strategies, from massing studies that reflected continuity and growth, to terraces and shared circulation that linked workplace, community, and nature. Together, these moves created a headquarters experience where architectural form, interior environments, and everyday interactions reinforce a common corporate identity.

Legacy Built by Generations

Expressing four generations of family legacy through a building form shaped by heritage and continuity.

Impact

The headquarters transforms Highsun’s heritage, identity, and aspirations into a destination that supports both corporate culture and everyday experience.

By integrating architecture, interiors, landscape, and shared social spaces within a single vision, the project creates a headquarters experience that visibly expresses Highsun’s identity while strengthening connections between people, place, and nature.

What Changed Because of This

01
Identity Reimagined
The headquarters’ timeless design translates Highsun’s legacy and long-term vision into a new identity that embodies continuity, ambition, and company culture.
02
Nature Integrated
A series of open terraces weaves greenery into the workplace, bringing nature into everyday work life and elevating the employee experience.
03
Community Linked
A network of external connections links teams across the building, creating a more cohesive and collaborative workplace community.

The client has a special connection with the site and the community for generations now. This is not just a Headquarters, but a legacy deeply connected with the river, mountains, and the broader community. Our design blends workplace, architecture, people, and nature into one iconic piece.

Recognition

Gooood

Highlights a woven architectural concept that transforms Highsun’s heritage into a landmark fostering connection and collaboration.

Architizer

Featured by Architizer, Highsun Headquarters showcases a stacked architectural form integrating workplace wellness, collaboration spaces, and a contemporary headquarters identity.

Highsun

Highsun Headquarters received Gold in Interior Design and Silver in Commercial Office Building at the 4th Pro+ Awards.

Team

Project Leadership

Jennifer Liu

As Regional Managing Principal for Greater China, Jennifer Liu brings together multidisciplinary expertise, global perspectives, and deep knowledge of China’s evolving market landscape to help clients and teams navigate complexity, drive growth, and create lasting impact.

Freck Qin

Freck helps organizations identify opportunities, build lasting client relationships, and create long-term value through deep market insight, strategic thinking, and a strong understanding of evolving business needs.

[FPO] Jaime Gimeno

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[FPO] Jaime Daza

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FAQ

Where is Highsun Headquarters located?

Highsun Headquarters is located in Changle, Fujian, China, serving as the corporate headquarters for Highsun Group.

How can a headquarters reflect company culture?

The project connects workplace environments, public spaces, terraces, and social gathering areas to reinforce shared experiences and support the culture of collaboration and connection that informed the design vision.

What makes an integrated headquarters design different from a traditional corporate office?

Rather than treating architecture and interiors as separate components, Highsun Headquarters was designed as a unified experience where building form, workplace environments, shared amenities, and outdoor spaces support a common identity and vision.

How does headquarters design support long-term company growth?

The project was envisioned as a headquarters that could express Highsun’s legacy while supporting its future aspirations, creating a recognizable destination that strengthens identity and organizational cohesion.

Highsun’s new headquarters translates four generations of legacy into an integrated architectural and interior experience shaped by identity, nature, and connection.

Highsun needed a headquarters that could express its family legacy while projecting a clear identity for the company’s next chapter of growth.

Why This Matters

Gensler translated Highsun’s heritage and aspirations into an integrated headquarters experience that connects identity, nature, workplace culture, and community.

From brief to build: translating four generations of family legacy into a landmark headquarters that connects corporate identity, workplace culture, community, and nature.

The headquarters transforms Highsun’s heritage, identity, and aspirations into a destination that supports both corporate culture and everyday experience.

What Changed Because of This

Recognition

Gooood

Architizer

Highsun

Project Leadership

Jennifer Liu

Freck Qin

[FPO] Jaime Gimeno

[FPO] Jaime Daza

FAQ

Where is Highsun Headquarters located?

How can a headquarters reflect company culture?

What makes an integrated headquarters design different from a traditional corporate office?

How does headquarters design support long-term company growth?

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