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BW Interiors Head Office

L.S. Design

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Small Office
5.33
6.67
6.17
4.75
5.73
Jason Traves
Jason Traves Chief Creative Officer at Lucky Fox
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6
6
5
5.5
Jasper Blüm
Jasper Blüm Senior Designer at Colliers
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6
7
6
6.25
Anastasia Karandinou
Anastasia Karandinou Architect, Senior Lecturer at University of East London
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6
6
5
5.5
William Barrington-Binns
William Barrington-Binns Director of Photography at WBB & Co.
7
7
7
6
6.75
Corien Pompe
Corien Pompe Chairman and Founder at Donna e Mobile
5
7
5
5
5.5
Chen Xiaohu
Chen Xiaohu Cofounder and Brand Director at BloomDesign
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7
7
6
6.25
Bret Recor
Bret Recor Founder & Creative Director at Box Clever
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7
7
6
6.5
Joanna van der Linden
Joanna van der Linden Global Retail Identity & Design Manager at Nestlé Nespresso
5
8
7
1
5.25
Johnny Chiu
Johnny Chiu Founder at J.C. Architecture
5
7
5
5
5.5
Richard Parr
Richard Parr Founder at Richard Parr Associates
3
7
4
2
4
Li Baolong
Li Baolong Cofounder and Creative Director at BloomDesign
7
7
6
5
6.25
Stefano Giussani
Stefano Giussani CEO at Lissoni New York
5
5
7
5
5.5
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Client
BW Interiors
Floor area
794 ㎡
Completion
2020

The new BW Interiors headquarters needed to reflect the stellar skillset and production quality the fit out contractor has been known. With this premise in mind, LSD set out to develop an overall material palette and details for the office to showcase the level of metal, marble, wood, joinery and steel across all their divisions. The office is an exercise in clever space planning. The flow of the office program is divided into three main areas; the front of house (client facing) and back of house for staff, and the Executive Corridor. There was no aspect of this space that could not showcase or impress potential clients; everything was designed from; the built-in joinery; to the workstations; to the desks and even the custom integrated sinks. The reception area spans the entire front of the office. A dedicated sample room, waiting area and access to the meeting room, executive corridor and administration area beyond are all accessed from the lobby crowned with an olive tree. The executive corridor houses two main offices in a corridor of wood panelled walls and ceiling with steel framed full height glass partitions. This selection of materials and lighting fixtures provides minimal light to intentionally wash the corridor with shadows from the natural light. The staircase was left as a rough concrete base finished with perfect wood panelling and lighting accents. Keeping to the industrial feel of the space. Upstairs, the open plan office space is broken with trees to elevate the monotony of row desks; as well as accenting the location of the area head. The change in partitions from the executive full height glass to the back of house steel framed segmented partitions was again intentional allowing clear line visibility and communication across the different open departments withing the space. This also allowed for visitors to see the significant number of manpower behind the different skillsets of the contractor. The space is a minimal yet detailed; there was no need for over indulges in the excellence of this contractor’s skillset - subtle well executed details would be more than enough to impress. With shadow groves, seamless material integration and superior MEP locations; the office is a statement to what this contractor is capable of achieving flawlessly without doing too much here, less is more.