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This new headquarters comes with a skybridge to showcase firm’s drones

Plans for DJI’s HQ in Shenzhen have come from Foster + Partners.
Plans for DJI’s HQ in Shenzhen have come from Foster + Partners. Plans for DJI’s HQ in Shenzhen have come from Foster + Partners.

These dramatic pictures show the designs for headquarters of global drone company DJI which includes a skybridge to showcase their latest tech.

The visionary buildings, currently under construction in Shenzhen, China, also feature quadruple height drone flight testing labs.

New headquarters for DJI in Shenzhen, China (Foster + Partners)
New headquarters for DJI in Shenzhen, China (Foster + Partners) (Foster + Partners)

Grant Brooker, head of studio at Foster + Partners, said: “Our aim is to create a unique workplace environment that embodies the spirit of invention and innovation that has allowed DJI to lead the world in robotics and technology.”

Central to the Foster + Partners design are the column-free floors cantilevered from central cores by large steel mega-trusses.

New headquarters for DJI in Shenzhen, China (Foster + Partners)
New headquarters for DJI in Shenzhen, China (Foster + Partners) (Foster + Partners)

“The ground floor features a public exhibition space that pays tribute to DJI’s extraordinary reputation for technological development, alongside a new theatre for new product launches and a wide variety of staff facilities from state-of-the-art gymnasiums to robot fighting rings,” explained Foster + Partners in a statement.

The company wanted to break free from traditional office ideas and to make a “creative community in the sky”.