The competition was for an interior design with great flexibility and multipurpose use. One of the design challenges was designing a space that can be broken down into smaller areas with more flexible use. The main aim and success for this design is the successful design flexibility including vibrant common spaces that promote both collaboration and privacy, digitally connected conference and meeting rooms that are easily reconfigured to facilitate meetings of different sizes and needs, exhibition spaces and reception spaces. For this project, the detailing is in the materials. The materials can do a lot more than making a place look nice. By using a specific material like wood it sets an overall tone for the space, but by detailing it in a specific way we were able to change that tone to what we wanted people to feel. In the detailing we thought about what we wanted the wood to show. We thought about what type of wood we wanted to choose. We thought about as well what kind of materials work best with wood and where to place it. In the project the use of the wood is to accent the walls but not overpowering the room. The wood really works with the other materials in that room, making a very complimentary set of natural colors. The design solution is thorough down to the last detail, we think that the beauty in any project is always in the detailing, because little things make big things happen. It is the little details that are vital in this project.
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Yrki Architects
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Nathan Watts
Creative Director
at Interstore
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Doris Sung
Principal/Director of Undergraduate Programs
at DOSU Studio Architecture/USC School of Architecture
This project maximizes on the repet...
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6.5

Tobias Geisler
Cofounder
at VAVE Studio
I like the simplicity of the design...
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5.75

Lorcan O'Herlihy
Founder, Design Principal
at Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
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6.5

Julio Kowalenko
Cofounder
at Atelier Caracas
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Simon Goff
Founder and Director
at Floor_Story
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6.75

Akanksha Deo Sharma
Designer
at Ikea
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6.5

Ting Yu
Chief Architect
at Wutopia Lab
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5.25

Janne van Berlo
Founder
at Atelier van Berlo
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6.75

Frank Lee
Founder and President
at Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology
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6.75

Nic Granleese
CEO and Cofounder
at BowerBird
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5.5

Victoria Yakusha
Founder and chief architect
at Yakusha Studio & FAINA Collection of live design
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Jeff Yrazabal
President
at SRG Partnership
Great example of how restraint in t...
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Location
Designer
Client
City of Garðabaer
Floor area
407 ㎡
Completion
2019
Engineering
Electrical engineering
Verkhönnun enineering consultancy
Fire consultant
Mannvit engineering consultancy
Acoustic consultant
Contractor
Photographer
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