The innovative workplace design in Hong Kong features a sculptural meeting room that is inspired by local boat construction techniques built by timber and plywood. It is located at the heart of the reception and cafe area to encourage social exchanges. Employees can work in a variety of open spaces and acoustic booths lined with soft fabric. The retro and vintage furniture is a reference to the company heritage in Williamsburg Brooklyn.
The studio is an emerging architecture and interiors practice from London and Paris, led by Lorène Faure and Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui, with a team of international designers to provide architecture, interior, installation, furniture and product design services. The Hong Kong studio was opened in 2013. The diversity of the practice with its collaborators reinforces a core vision for the practice: to respond to the exchanges of global cultural narratives, incorporating overlapping design disciplines specializing in the social, economical and political production of urban spaces.
The studio is an interdisciplinary architectural design practice led by Lorène Faure and Kenny Kinugasa-Tsui. The studio has a network of British and international collaborators to providing architecture, interior, installation, furniture and product design services in Hong Kong and China. The diversity of the practice with its collaborators reinforces a core vision for the practice: to respond to the exchanges of global cultural narratives, incorporating overlapping design disciplines specializing in the social, economical and political production of urban spaces. Bean Buro believes architecture is an emotional, spatial experience constructed by both the user and the author. The design methodologies stem from the observation, speculation and analysis of contextual narratives. These narratives, or ‘stories’, generate dynamic exchanges of historical, environmental, cultural and social factors, resulting in highly inventive interventions while preserving plenty of intellectual wit.