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Supernal is on a mission to open city skies by accelerating a new zero-carbon mobility paradigm – electric air vehicles that operate with an unrelenting focus on safety, customer needs, and ground-to-air connectivity.
They invested substantial resources in enhancing their office environment, emphasizing cohesion between two strategically located facilities in Northern and Southern California. Each facility in Fremont (Northern California) and Irvine (Southern California) was meticulously planned and designed to serve its specialized purpose, with the Research and Development headquarters in Fremont and the Engineering headquarters in Irvine. Their objective was to seamlessly connect employees across offices, maintaining a consistent experience and strengthening a unified organizational identity. This approach serves as the cornerstone for integrating diverse office locations while fostering distinct regional identities.
“The location of the Fremont office was selected because of the talent in the Silicon Valley area. With respect to the design of the Fremont Office, we were inspired by the Executive Chair and our CEO, Jaiwon Shin to design a space that is better than home, a place where employees want to come to work, where they have a lot more options to sit and work in different kinds of spaces that is better than home. We took that to heart, making it so that employees have a great place to work, have lots of options, and want to come work.”
“Irvine is the center of aviation and aerospace talent … So really this office is key in realizing Supernal’s vision of bringing Advanced Air Mobility to market.”
~Niraj Nath – Head of Facilities
With a guiding principle of “kinship,” Supernal integrates sustainability, equity, and technology into their Engineering HQ in Southern California. The central three-story staircase and living wall serve as focal points, promoting connectivity between engineering floors and fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange. Purpose-built accessibility solutions are woven into both buildings’ designs, inspiring and rejuvenating all employees.
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Eunice Y. Furuta Felice Rosario Arrigotti Jenna Szczech Jenna Wittenberg Kristen Beus Nelly Paz Stanley H. Lew Stefanie Wibiasa Shia Stennis