MFRMGR creates house-like cubicles with windows inside a Polish office Warsaw studio MFRMGR has subdivided this office space in Poland to create individual workspaces for employees within wooden cabins designed to look like a mini-town (+ slideshow). Decerto by MFRMGR MFRMGR Frejda & Gratkowski Architekci collaborated with Pamela Krzyszczak on the project for the Warsaw-based IT company Decerto. The studio filled the 400-square-metre commercial office with individual wood-lined booths that look like miniature flat-roofed houses. Related story: Za Bor Architects adds submarine-like meeting rooms to Yandexs Moscow office Decerto by MFRMGR The small-scale offices are designed to give a more homely atmosphere for the companys staff, which they believe will be more conducive to productivity. Decerto by MFRMGR From the very beginning we intended to create an original, non-cliché space, the architects told Dezeen. Decerto by MFRMGR In the building, all the offices looked the same, with their boring expression and sad, dark, low rooms. All designed in the same manner, using the same materials – repetitive solutions that did not take users into consideration, rendering them bored and uncreative, they added. Decerto by MFRMGR The exteriors of the cubicles are plastered and painted to look like the rendered walls of a house. Decerto by MFRMGR Plywood-framed windows cut through the walls are designed to create less claustrophobic working conditions for the inhabitants, but also to allow communication with passers-by. Decerto by MFRMGR Staff have begun to store personal belongings, books and flowers on the windowsills, an unintended but welcome use of the space according to the architects. Decerto by MFRMGR By putting their belongings in these places, the users of particular spaces provide a specific character to each of the rooms, just as residents adjust the appearance of windows in their homes by hanging curtains and placing plants and flowers on the windowsill or hanging laundry to dry, said MFRMGR, who also designed a wooden canopy for a Thai noodle-bar in Warsaw. Decerto by MFRMGR Sections of mirror-wall inserted between offices give the illusion of a larger space. They [the mirrors] were distributed in a way which creates an illusion of streets meandering between the houses, thus creating a mini-town, said the team. Decerto by MFRMGR On the interior, the workspaces are lined with grey carpeting and warm-toned plywood walls to create a friendly, welcoming space. Closets and shelves are built into the walls to give employees storage space. Decerto by MFRMGR The booths are lit by simple pendant lights hung from black electrical cabling. Decerto by MFRMGR The hallways and conference rooms contrast the homely interiors of the cubicles with glossy grey resin floors and concrete ceilings. Decerto by MFRMGR MFRMGR removed the suspended ceiling tiles to expose the concrete ceiling, cabling and pipes, reinforcing the contrast between the light, warm interior spaces and the industrial-looking structure. A black lighting rig on the ceiling directs spotlights onto the corridor areas below. Decerto by MFRMGR Off the hallway, a wood-lined alcove with a sofa creates a waiting area for clients opposite an open-fronted reception cubicle.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:33:17 +0000
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