GOTHENBURG: The headquarters of Cyan Racing, the reigning multiple touring car racing world champions, has been nominated to the Swedish architecture prize "The Gold Chair" and reached the final round of the vote.
"We are thrilled to have the Cyan HQ nominated for the Gold Chair," said Christian Dahl, founder and owner of Cyan Racing.
"The facilities have really been a key part of our development both as a company and as a brand, from Swedish champions to World champions. We reached our high set targets, both on the racing circuits and with our own headquarters."
The black cube-shaped building in Gothenburg was completed in 2017 via a cooperation with the renowned Swedish architecture office Liljewall.
It hosts the entire operations of Cyan Racing, including the motorsport world championship programme with Lynk & Co and the engineering and build process of the Volvo P1800 Cyan.
The three-story facilities span over 6000 square metres, including an F1-standard simulator, showrooms, chassis and engine manufacturing, a fully dynamic engine dyno and design offices.
The interior is graphically black and white, creating a back-scene for the protagonists, the eye-catching cyan blue racing and performance cars, to stand out.
The materials are glass, perforated naturally anodised aluminium and tasteful elements of wood. The wood can for example be found in the dining facilities where the material adds warmth to the otherwise strict architecture.
"We have always said that we are 'a black and white company with blue cars' and that set the base for our HQ," said Christian Dahl.
"The journey from the first design sketch on a napkin with the architect Bjarni Ingvarson at my kitchen table to the finished building was just as fun as it was challenging and satisfying."
The interior of the Cyan Racing HQ is one of four finalists that can win the Gold Chair, hosted by the Swedish Architecture Academy, and the winner will be announced on March 25th.
Cyan Racing was founded in 1996 and was formerly named Polestar until Volvo Cars acquired the performance section and trademark in 2015. Cyan Racing is privately owned and operated.
