NEWPORT BEACH, CA — H. Hendy Associates (Hendy), an interior architecture and planning firm, announces the re-design completion of 3366 Via Lido. Business software company SAP now occupies the space that is home to its new Southern California-based Innovation Center and HanaHaus. Designed to be a beacon for innovation and creativity, the workspace blends two segments — a dynamic coworking environment open to the public, and a research and development center for the company — for the first time since inception. The 16,000-square-foot workspace will serve Orange County’s thinkers, makers and innovators and bring an unconventional workspace experience to the region.

SAP occupies a historic building on the Newport Beach Bayfront owned by Burnham-Ward Properties, a developer known for creating community through property. The building, which includes an adjacent marina, was initially developed as Newport Balboa Savings Bank in the early 1950s, offering clients a yacht-in banking experience. Today, the property gives SAP access to local businesses and research institutions and is comprised of two spaces. HanaHaus serves local entrepreneurs, idealists, capitalists, students and those with a passion for creativity. SAP Innovation Center is home to the company’s Southern California-based researchers, engineers, designers and developers.

"We’re honored to have partnered with SAP to bring a new purpose-driven destination to Orange County that serves as a nucleus for the region’s pioneers and changemakers and fosters a community with a spirt for creativity and fire for discovering tomorrow’s solutions, today,” said Jennifer Walton, Principal at Hendy. “Our overarching goal was to create an unparalleled R&D and collaborative workspace that breaks boundaries and becomes a best-in-class example of uniting public and private entities under one roof.”

HanaHaus, the brainchild of Hasso Plattner, Co-Founder of SAP and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, serves as a destination where ideas and capital can connect. Building off SAP’s flagship in Palo Alto, HanaHaus was built on the notion that great ideas can spring from anywhere and features myriad indoor and outdoor workspaces infused with technology and functional design. With the goal to connect industry peers, clients and like-minded individuals, HanaHaus also transforms into a public event space for workshops, TED-style talks, lectures and more.

To bring HanaHaus to life, the design team applied the “design thinking” methodology — a human-centered approach to problem solving. This strategy enabled Hendy to extract key insights that were used to program every inch of the space. Journey maps, which incorporated movement patterns of SAP employees and HanaHaus patrons and visitors also were studied and used to inform the flow, layout and workspaces of each user type. Complete with a two-story volume open seating area, HanaHaus features conference and focus rooms and on-demand workspaces of all sizes.

“Situated in the heart of Southern California’s ecosystem — an ever-growing technology hub — Newport Beach is the perfect destination to expand our footprint,” said Daniel Zimmer, Head of Ecosystem, SAP Labs U.S. “Our new space is grounded in design thinking and delivers on our promise to bring people together through innovative and vibrant workspaces where they can connect, explore new ideas and turn their visions into reality.”

HanaHaus also brings Orange County its first Blue Bottle Coffee shop and features a full menu of artesian coffee and a variety of snack options. Now open and serving Orange County’s innovators, SAP Innovation Center and HanaHaus is home to entrepreneurs and local businesses including Red Bull, Porsche Design, Lululemon, Drunk Elephant and more.