Yihang x Shanghai Stairway Healthcare: Making the Office a Connector for Innovation

Shanghai Stairway Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd. is an innovation company in China's brain-computer interface field. For a knowledge-intensive, multidisciplinary research enterprise of this kind, the office long ago outgrew the simple stacking of workstations.

Yihang believes that the office space of the future is undergoing three core paradigm shifts: from "Efficiency First" to "Innovation-Driven", from "Standardization" to "High Agility", and from "Function First" to "Physical and Mental Vitality".

From "Efficiency First" to "Innovation-Driven"

For tech teams that collaborate at high frequency, the office must both support the flow of information and meet the need for deep, focused work.

The organizational structure of research teams often adjusts rapidly with each project. Yihang adopted modular staff workstations and a stowable screen system to give the space room to "grow" — meeting the current demands of high-frequency collaboration while adapting to the company's future expansion and team restructuring.

And of course, the integrity of the space as a whole also makes employees more comfortable in body and mind.

From "Standardization" to "High Agility"

The collision of different professional strengths — medicine, engineering, algorithms — is a vital foundation for the continuous exploration of brain-computer interface technology. Around different communication needs, Yihang created diversified meeting and exchange scenarios for the company.

Yihang laid out a large number of distributed micro-discussion spaces across the floor, making "micro-exchanges" possible anytime and anywhere.

At the same time, sound-absorbing wall design and spatial color schemes optimize the communication experience: whether it is a spontaneous brainstorm between two or three people or a cross-border remote meeting, employees can find the scenario that best fits the rhythm of the moment within 10 seconds, removing communication friction altogether.

From "Function First" to "Physical and Mental Vitality"

Give the most precious views back to the employees! The areas near the full-height panoramic windows, with excellent daylight and outlook, were designed as an open high-top bar and a modular leisure zone.

By shifting body posture, knowledge workers can quickly switch their mental state — moving freely between "focus" and "mind-wandering". These "relaxed corners" are often the incubators of inspiration.

For a life-science company, the office space is a tangible expression of its innovation culture. Yihang responds to the development needs of different industries through spatial design, turning space into a bridge that connects people with people, people with organizations, and people with the future.