KW Commerce
Commercial & Workplace
Designing KW-Commerce’s Hong Kong Headquarters for Growth
Greater Group delivered the design and build of a 1,300 sqm workspace in Kowloon, Hong Kong for international e-commerce company KW Commerce. Designed to accommodate nearly 200 employees, the office prioritises collaboration through diverse seating and meeting settings. Completed within 14 weeks from concept to handover, the flexible layout supports future expansion with minimal disruption.
A Workplace for a Growing APAC Operation
As KW-Commerce expanded internationally, its Hong Kong operation took on an increasingly important role in supply chain management, purchasing, quality control and APAC sales development. The new headquarters therefore needed to accommodate more than a growing headcount; it had to support the different activities behind the regional business.
The brief called for a 200-person workplace supporting activity-based working, collaboration and specialist functions including product testing. Just as importantly, the office needed to accommodate continued growth without requiring major disruption each time the team expanded.
Build Flexibility Into the Plan
Greater Group designed the workplace around a mix of settings rather than a single way of working. Hot-desking improves the efficiency of the floorplate, while collaboration hubs, breakout areas, booths, informal seating and a 14+ person boardroom give teams different environments for focused work, meetings and collaboration.
The planning was developed with expansion in mind, allowing additional capacity to be introduced with minimal disruption as the workforce grows. A restrained material palette of timber, planting, light finishes and softer furnishings balances the operational requirements of a regional headquarters with a warmer, more comfortable employee experience. Greater Group carried the project through design and build, completing the design programme in six weeks and construction in eight.
Built for the Business to Keep Growing
The completed headquarters brings 200 people, activity-based working, collaboration and specialist operational functions together within one 1,300 sqm workplace.
More importantly, the office was not designed only around KW-Commerce’s requirements at opening. Future growth was built into the planning from the outset, allowing the workplace to expand with minimal disruption as the Hong Kong operation evolves.
For a business whose Hong Kong team supports its wider Asia Pacific growth, the result is a headquarters designed to do the same: support the operation it has today while leaving room for the business it is becoming.
