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JURY VOTES
Small Office
5.71
5.64
5.21
5.29
5.46
Meryem Yalcin
Meryem Yalcin Assistant Professor at TOBB University of Economics and Technology
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7
7
6
6.75
Wang Guan
Wang Guan Founder of Matrix Design at Matrix Design
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6
5
6
5.75
Mike Tristram
Mike Tristram Strategic Lead at Checkland Kindleysides
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6
5
4
5
Francesca Perani
Francesca Perani Founder at Francesca Perani Enterprise
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6
5
5
5.5
Sonya Simmonds
Sonya Simmonds Global Head of Design & Build at Spotify
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6
5
6
5.5
Dang Ming
Dang Ming Founding Partner / Chief Designer at HONG Designworks / XUST
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6
5
5
5.25
Luís Pedra Silva
Luís Pedra Silva Founder and Lead Architect at Pedra Silva Arquitectos
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4
5
5
5
Rosie Haslem
Rosie Haslem Director at Spacelab / Labthinks
5
5
5
5
5
Minyu Zhang
Minyu Zhang Interior Design Director at SUNAC ShangHai Group
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8
6
7
7.25
Mustafa Afsaroglu
Mustafa Afsaroglu Interior Designer, Co-founder at TS-DS
Architecturally the space provides...
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5
5
5
5
Jose Manuel Ferrero
Jose Manuel Ferrero Creative Director at Estudihac JM Ferrero
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4
4
5
4.5
Hans J. Galutera
Hans J. Galutera Founder and CEO at HG DesignWorks LLC
Wonderful volumetric study of space...
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4
7
5
5.75
Jun Aizaki
Jun Aizaki Founder & Owner at Crème Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design
The vertical volume along with the...
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7
6
5
6
George Foussias
George Foussias Director of Interior Design at Lemay
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3
5
4.25
Client
TIA.Co.; Ltd
Floor area
621 ㎡
Completion
2019
Designer Company

The PolyCuboid is the new headquarter building for TIA, a company that provides insurance services. The volume is composed by an interlace of three major cuboid shapes creating intersections, voids, and space units. The cuboids superposition allows a richer space syntax including interior and exterior terraces, an atrium, several seating spaces, and a clear functional distribution of spaces and connections. Bridges also connects the cuboids from inside allowing a dynamic overview of the different spaces. The first floor was shaped by the limits of the site and a ø700mm water pipe that is crossing the site underground limiting foundation space to half the land area. The middle volume stretching from 2nd to 3rd floor extends in cantilevers on both sides allowing the building to gain precious square meters. Functionally, the first two level are occupied by work related spaces, balanced between private and more common areas, while he third and fourth floors are dedicated to recreational spaces. The staircase stretches from 1st to 4th level along the Atrium, although this last only reaches the third floor. The elevator block, however, is the highest cuboid volume and was cladded in reflective black differently to the white cladding on all other volumes. The metallic structure of the building dissolves into the diverse blocs of the composition. The pillars and beams vanish from the space syntax, projecting the impression of an object, while also eliminating that of a building.