After eight years in development, OMA has unveiled the completed JOMOO Headquarters in Xiamen, China – a striking architectural statement for the country’s largest sanitaryware company. Situated in Xiamen’s bustling central business district, the building bridges dense urban high-rises and forested hills, embodying the island city’s fusion of nature and hyper-development.
Led by partner Chris van Duijn and project architects Chen Lu and Lingxiao Zhang, OMA reimagined the conventional podium-and-tower typology into a continuous, sculptural form. The multifaceted lower volume houses public functions – including a cavernous showroom, lobby, and multipurpose hall – drawing inspiration from Xiamen’s rocky terrain. Above it, the office tower ascends seamlessly, accommodating flexible workspaces for JOMOO’s operations.
The façade’s defining feature is its dynamic arrangement of white vertical stripes, oriented in varying directions. This innovative system nods to traditional Fujian window tracery and subtly references JOMOO’s ceramic production heritage. Beyond aesthetics, the façade eliminates interior columns, creating column-free interiors and highly flexible floor plates ideal for modern office needs. Entrances are carved into the façade’s geometric folds, forming generous, intuitive access points.
Constructed between June 2019 and January 2025 with local firm Huayi Design, the campus merges craft with high-tech production – a duality central to both JOMOO’s identity and Xiamen’s culture. Its distinct visual identity disrupts the city’s skyline while harmonizing with the surrounding landscape.
As OMA’s first project for a Chinese sanitaryware giant, the JOMOO Headquarters establishes a new architectural benchmark for corporate campuses in Asia. The building’s completion solidifies Xiamen’s status as a laboratory for bold, context-driven design where nature and urbanization coexist.