Ling

Completion

Client

Ling

Location

Beijing

Size
2,200 sqm
Design Team
Tom Chan, Guopeng Qin, Kevin Wang
Photographer
Xia Zhi

The strength and promise of China’s tech industry is not lost even on the average observer, and the wave of innovative companies ushering us into a future straight out of our favorite sci-fi movies brings to anySCALE a new set of clients who seek out outlandish concepts that would make others balk. Ling is one such client; with their main office located in Wangjing, Beijing, they are an AI software and hardware company specializing in family-oriented AI products.
The main materials used were concrete, bamboo wood, silverback painted glass, mirror-finish stainless steel and bolon carpeting.Each of the key materials reflect a specific energy and spirit- the boat made of bamboo wood representing humans, concrete for cities, and mirror-finish steel for robots. Together, their harmonious use expresses a symbiotic human-AI relationship sure to be seen in coming ages.
The main challenges encountered by the team was in rendering a futuristic design with curved lines made of sharp reflective materials, and many of the fittings were tailor-made to ensure a custom high-end look.