JOMOO Headquarters | OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture

JOMOO Headquarters is the first office campus for China’s largest sanitaryware company. Located in Xiamen’s central business district, the building stands between dense high-rises on one side and forested hills on the other, encapsulating the coexistence of nature and urbanization that defines the island city’s landscape.

The design responds to this duality through a continuous, sculptural form that reinterprets the conventional podium-and-tower office typology. A multifaceted volume that draws from the rocky terrain nearby hosts the public program: the lobby, a showroom, and a multipurpose hall with conference spaces and recruitment rooms. Above, the tower emerges seamlessly, housing JOMOO’s office spaces.

The façade is articulated in white vertical stripes oriented in different directions. Evoking the window tracery typical of houses in the region and recalling JOMOO’s ceramic production, the system defines a distinct visual identity for the building within the city’s rapidly evolving skyline. Inside, it eliminates the need for columns, allowing for flexible and efficient floor plates throughout. Entrances are integrated into the façade where its irregular geometry folds, creating spatially generous and legible access points.

JOMOO Headquarters refers both to craft and to high-tech production, elements of the company’s mission and characteristics of the culture of Xiamen, past and present.

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OMA has completed the JOMOO Headquarters in Xiamen, the first office
campus for China’s largest sanitaryware company. Located on the edge of the city’s central business district, the new headquarters is now in use and marks a key moment in JOMOO’s transformation into a global brand.

The building stands at the intersection of two contrasting conditions: the dense high-rises of the city on one side, and forested hills on the other. The design embraces this duality through a continuous, sculptural form that merges base and tower, reinterpreting the conventional office typology.

Chris van Duijn, OMA Partner: ‘The completion of JOMOO’s new headquarters is the first in a series of high-rise projects our office has designed in China over the past decade. Located in rapidly growing cities like Hangzhou, Xiamen, and Shenzhen, these projects explore new connections to their immediate urban context, reinterpreting the prevailing tower typology that has shaped much of China’s recent urban expansion.’

With a façade articulated in white ceramic stripes and a program that integrates public and corporate functions, JOMOO Headquarters references craft as well as high-tech production, both elements of the company’s mission and characteristics of the culture of Xiamen, past and present.

The design was led by OMA Partner Chris van Duijn together with project architects Lingxiao Zhang and Chen Lu.

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Partner: Chris van Duijn
Project Architect: Chen Lu, Lingxiao Zhang

Team
Concept: Mark Bavoso, Slava Savova, Sebastian Schulte, Ricky Suen, Gabriele Ubareviciute
Schematic: Pu Hsien Chan, Alan Lau, Chen Lu, Slava Savova, Sebestrian Schulte, Ricky Suen, Gabriele Ubareviciute, Yue Wu, Adisak Yavilas
Design Development: Cecilia Lei, Chen Lu, Kevin Mak, Ricky Suen, Connor Sullivan, Gabriele Ubareviciute
Construction Administration: Lingxiao Zhang, Chen Lu
Construction: 2019. 06 – 2025. 01

Collaborators
Local Architect: Huayi Design
Structural Engineering: Huayi Design
Mechanical Engineering: Huayi Design
Facade Consultant: VS-A
Building Photography: Xia Zhi, Chen Hao