“KH Gears” is one of the largest gears producers in Asia based in Zhuai ( China) . This company is specialized in high quality gears and most of the clients are major industries form Europe and US. The high value of their products and the extraordinary scientific heritage of the company are the inspiration of the project that also aims to define a new image of the brand.
The concept pays tribute to the actual beauty of the gears; artworks inspired by their balanced design have been created and used as theme to characterize the spaces. Thanks to the use of a new German technology in printing wallpaper, used for the first time in Asia, it is now possible to replicate the same color and texture of the wall paint and eventually to present the digital artwork as part of the same wall surface.
These gears’ graphic artworks are scaled up to architectural size and installed on strategic elevations. Images have an amazing resolution and at the same time because of the continuity of texture and color with the paint of the rest of the wall they look as effective as “frescoes”.
Gears artworks seem to embody the values of this company’s quality and reminds of the intrinsic beauty that lies within technical perfection.
Some of the rooms are used as testing and engineering laboratories. Clients are constantly visiting these laboratories and a signage display located next to the door to introduce each laboratory. The green of “KH gears” logo is used for this display to remind of the environmentally friendly company’s policy and the typical font of computer’s early days is used for the words. Epoxy resin is used for the floor.
Designed by | Alberto Puchetti – Arboit Ltd.
Pictures by | Dennis Lo
KH Gears是亚洲其中一间最大的机电组件生产商，主要生产和加工顶级的齿轮及其他精细的零部件，客户群为欧美的大型生产商。这次的项目位于他们选址在珠海的办工室，设计的重点为突出产业的价值及该企业对研发和设计的重视，透过办公室新的视角设计，更新并优化品牌形象。
这个办工室的设计概念是来自于机电组件常用到的齿轮。我们以齿轮的形态和机电线路独特的美感做为灵感，设计出一系列的画作。这些画作以大型壁画的方式表现在整个空间内，划分并给予了办工室内不同空间各自的主题和特色。为了让这些用电脑创作的作品能够呈现一种类似于壁画的效果，我们特意选用了德国引入的独特印刷技术﹣这种技术是首次被应用在亚洲的室内设计中，能够把电脑作品以油漆的色彩和质感印刷出来，让成品能和本来的墙身呈现浑然一体的效果，同时保持高像素的清晰度。
总部里除了办公室外，也设有实验室和开发部门，均不时开放予访客参观，所以设计师也在上面花了不少心思：除了墙上的巨型创作外，也为每个不同的实验室创作了不同的标示。品牌商标上的绿色代表了品牌对绿色工业的重视，设计师选择以该色作为强调色贯穿整个空间。地板则选择了树脂无缝地板，具时代感之余也带点工业味，与品牌形象相吻合。
空间设计 | Alberto Puchetti – Arboit Ltd.
空间摄影 | Dennis Lo