A Danish architecture studio called BIG has completed designs for a building called the “O-Tower” in China, with a mind-bending infinity-loop shaped design that connects “ground to sky in a continuous loop of collaboration,” according to the company website.

The O-Tower will be used by the China-based smartphone manufacturer called OPPO — in Hangzhou — the country’s largest.

“Technology at its best should be a seamless extension of life,” said Brian Yang, a partner at BIG in a dezeen report. “The new OPPO R&D headquarters embodies this notion, sitting with ease in the scenic wetlands of Hangzhou while negotiating between the dense urban fabric on one side and the natural landscape on the other.”

Yang praised the project as an “architectural manifestation of an OPPO product: effortlessly elegant while elevating the quality of human life in the city.” The new tower is a circle-shaped skyscraper built around an open courtyard in the confines of Hangzhou’s Future Sci-Tech City — with the goal of becoming an “iconic landmark and gateway” to the larger business district, read the dezeen report.

Key to the design concept of the new OPPO O-Tower is the notion of sustainability — “economically, ecologically, and socially,” said Bjarke Ingels, BIG founder. “The compact form folding in on itself provides large flexible floorplates with the daylight access and fresh air of a slender tower.”

A public space on the ground floor will connect tourists, passersby, and workers with an open central courtyard. “The central oasis and the surrounding wetland park expands the public realm into the heart of the complex,” said Ingels.

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