Built-to-suit headquarters are important investments for companies that drive value far beyond offering a new workplace for employees. These buildings and campuses embody culture, display heritage and history, and signal the ambitions and direction the company wants to achieve for clients, employees, and future talent. Through form and function, a headquarters put company values on display and show intent on everything from a commitment to sustainability to investments in employee well-being.

Gensler worked with YOFC to create a building that would be a national and global brand statement for the world’s largest manufacturer of fiber optic cables. Innovation is at the core of YOFC, so Gensler designed a state-of-the-art workplace that promotes health and wellbeing and numerous collaborative spaces. The building’s distinctive façade embodies creative solutions for sustainable design with mechanical louvres that track with the sun and provide natural light and shade. The space perfectly embodies YOFC’s mission and vision while representing the future of the company and the industry it leads.

The YOFC headquarters has become a sustainable benchmark for China with its distinctive façade setting new standards for resilient design. The company has also attracted top talent while renewing its commitment to existing employees with healthy work environment that promotes wellness and fosters innovation. As an embodiment of YOFC’s values, the company headquarters is helping to lead China’s tech industry into the future.