Project Details
- Project Name
- Chervon North America Headquarters
- Location
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1203 East Warrenville
IL
- Architect
- Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)
- Client/Owner
- Chervon
- Project Types
- Office
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Size
- 122,424 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2017
- Shared by
- Nicole Marshall
- Team
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Enrique Suarez, Principal In Charge
Kimberley Gora, Project Manager
Leonora Georgeoglou, Design Leader
Sara Bonett, Project Designer
Chauncey Kingsbury, Sustainability Leader
- Consultants
- Design Architect and Architect of Record: HED
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $7,700,000
- Style
- Modern
Project Description
Chervon, a rapidly growing tools manufacturer based in China, wanted to establish a presence in the US. A company that relies on its speed to market model, and thus prioritizes innovation, Chervon needed an office space that would enable this intense caliber of product testing, while providing its employees a comfortable and home-like environment. The new space accommodates the company’s requisite tool assembling functions by containing rooms in its warehouse for lithium iron battery assemblage, labs for product testing, and even a “torture chamber” in which tools are pushed to their limits so specialists can determine durability. The workplace has more familiar amenities, such as a gym, a café, a video studio to create and produce promotional footage, and even a museum that educates employees on the company’s history with an outdoor terrace extension. The design of the office is based on a warm color palette to facilitate a homey ambiance and utilizes natural materials and an abundance of sunlight to reinforce the unconventionally restful atmosphere. Because Chervon is an international company, a robust video-conferencing system and communication tools are paramount. Designed for flexibility to allow maximum growth, its new space has no difficulty attracting the best talent to its suburban office. A lab, warehouse, and comfortably collaborative workspace all in one, the office now reinforces Chervon’s slogan of creating better tools, for a better world.