Best of #office

The new office designs seem to be more attentive to people’s relationship.

Gensler, quartier generale Etsy, Brooklyn, NY, 2016. Courtesy Gensler

We have been hearing about it for a few years, but now relations between people are really being promoted in new office designs, often by taking cues from the domestic environment. Sometimes these interiors merely give a company a contemporary image; other times they have the more authentic intent of furthering a sharing-based style of work. Seeing that office workers are mostly sitting in front of a screen for long hours, it is necessary that breaks away from the machine be spent in relaxing places where colleagues can swap opinions, stop thinking about their job for a moment, and enjoy some real-life face time

– The new office in Shoreditch, London, has been designed by Ben Adams Architects to be adaptable enough to facilitate the collaborative culture of Monotype company.

– Architect Gurhan Bakirkure lead the renovation project of the ING Bank headquarters in Turkey, analyzing the employees requests, to make them feel like home.

– Studio RHE designed a co-working space downtown London featuring common lounges, vertical gardens and a library, to enhance interaction between companies.

– Inspired by feng shui, the city waterfront topography and Gottfried Semper’s writings on vessels, Bean Buro designed Uber’s new offices in Hong Kong.

– KAAN’s new office in Rotterdam connects working, meeting and leisure spaces through monumental passages, enhancing fluid interactions between employees, visitors and partners.

– With a strong commitment to sustainability, regenerative ecosystems, reuse and shared communities, Gensler unveiled the new Etsy headquarters in NY.

– Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the new Airbnb offices in Dublin have been created to cultivate collaboration, interaction and a sense of community.

– Thinking of how millenials are reshaping Madrid with their commitment to the sharing economy, Izaskun Chinchilla designed the lively interiors of a coworking office.

– Inspired by New York City’s distinctive urban courtyards, Snøhetta designed office interiors that encourage employees to venture out of the office for coffee and lunch breaks.

– In this project by Muxin Design in Shanghai, traditional offices spatial relations are broken up, reconfigured and reassembled, playfully combining office and home.

Top: Gensler, Etsy headquarter, Brooklyn, NY, 2016. Courtesy Gensler

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