Corporate Sanctuary

AME Elite Headquarters - a bold statement of defiance against the
preconceptions of the typical o!ce and industrial park’s outlook
Text by the architects
AME Elite Headquarters side façade
In the constant pursuit to challenge norms in the architectural field, the Architectural Director of WDA Architects, Ar. Hanc Wang prides his designs on their innovation and convention-breaking qualities. He considers architecture not as a form of art but as spaces that should provide a rational function that impacts and changes the way people live for the better.With mindful approaches inspired by the surroundings of our everyday lives, Hanc incorporates unconventional design concepts that tell a story as one journeys through its spaces, creating experiences that are visually and emotionally enticing.Focusing on invoking inward feelings rather than just outward appearances, he believes in the power of architecture and how it can be a powerful tool for placemaking.He also believes architecture itself has the potential to enhance the identity of a society and how the community within works.
Aerial View of AME Elite Headquarters.

As a result, AME Elite Headquarters is conceived as a bold statement of defiance against the preconceptions of the typical office and industrial park’s outlook.It reflects Hanc’s ideation of an office space that complements tomorrow’s factory masterplan – where functionality, sustainability, and practicality requirements are consciously well-integrated to form a whole.He stays true to his design philosophy in the conception of this design where he seeks to challenge and re-imagine the stereotype that an office building cannot be modern, sophisticated, sustainable, yet functional at the same time.

With a strong desire to amplify the synergy between architecture and nature, Hanc designed the working spaces, the leisure spaces, the facilities, and the landscape within the development in a resort-like setting which emphasises the importance of a holistic experience where users can opt to work, play or live in.Ultimately, it creates a comfortable and visually-pleasing environment that portrays industrial parks in a different light.Through the use of a hybrid architecture as its basis of design, Hanc has designed the AME Elite Headquarters in such a way that work and mechanical productivity is well balanced with lifestyle and enjoyment.Therefore, breaking away from the notion that work and play do not co-exist as one in the same place.

Main Entrance Facade Design
Advocating for a healthy working lifestyle that speaks of wellness for the body, mind, and soul, he plays with the connectivity between internal and external spaces to create paths that interweave among interior and exterior spaces.As the users wander through the interstice space, the boundaries of indoor and outdoor are blurred as nooks of lush plantings interweave with the indoor spaces. Various sports facilities such as swimming pools, tennis and futsal courts are strategically placed within walking distance of the headquarters to encourage healthy living among the staff members; thus, placing the staff members’ mental well-being and state of mind as a priority.All the design moves made by Hanc in the development are centred around the vision of incorporating a resort atmosphere, where a sense of work-life balance and lifestyle for the workers take centre stage; a quality otherwise absent in a typical industrial area where productivity is often the topmost quality.
Link bridge above AME Sales Gallery

In addition to that, the façade treatment of AME Elite Headquarters is a bold design move made by Hanc to create a distinguishable feature from the monotonous and typical factory façades surrounding it.The building is an exclusive showcase of a sleekly-designed building that is also environmentally conscious.Another defining feature of this development is the provision of diagonal balconies that offer stunning views across the swimming pool to the I-Privilege Club across, providing a space of rest and enjoyment with a view for the staff members within the building itself.

Guiding the landscape design, he believes that functional yet aesthetically-pleasing landscaping can add the finishing touches to a piece of architecture.Therefore, minimal maintenance and low water ingesting trees are planted within and outside the boundary of the development, complementing the entire headquarters’ environment.

To conclude, the AME Elite Headquarters is an epitome of a sanctuary created by Hanc that caters to the needs of a business with a finishing touch of lifestyle, positively recharging one’s mind, body, and soul whenever and wherever one takes a break.

VIP recreational lounge
Gymnasium
Resort-like atmosphere from balcony
Pool View Between AME Elite Headquarters i-Privillege Club

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