INTERIOR DESIGN

OFFICE SPACES

LANISHA MIRANDA
DESIGN & CASE
ELEMENTS 1GQ17AT003
SERVICES STUDY SEM VII
 OFFICE SPACE
• An Ideal Office is one which has comfort, safety and
functionality with eye catching environment.
• When you step into a professional workspace, you
immediately notice not just the employees but their
surroundings.
• Choosing the right décor and colours can positively affect
the employees and visitors; and make it look aesthetically
pleasing.
• It has a great impact on productivity and health.
• The finest and best working areas provide spaces that
support the four working forms of learning, focusing,
collaborating and socializing.
• Office Layout can be open or closed.
• Open – Promotes communication but noisy and crowded.
•Closed – More privacy but reduces productivity.
MIX OF OPEN AND CLOSED LAYOUT Increase in efficiency and
productivity (more interactions)
 RECEPTION AREA
• The reception space and the desk will be
proportionally substantial, fulfilling a
rhetorical role, impressing visitors and
reminding employees of the nature of the
company for which they work.
• It can inspire pride or encourage
cynicism, if its grandiloquence implies
qualities it does not deliver.
• The number of people working behind a
desk at one time, which is determined by
the traffic it must handle at peak times,
will decide its functional length but a front
elevation may be stretched to increase its An assertive reception desk can make a strong
presence. statement about the organization it fronts.
• A high front section, wide
enough to support bags and
packages, visually shields the RECEPTION AREA
working surface, the equipment
it carries and the storage
beneath it.

• The raised front serves as a

surface against which a visitor
may lean comfortably when
talking to the receptionist, may
fill forms and sign documents.
The rear of the upstand,
usually open to the worktop,
provides storage.
•Whether incorporated into a semiprivate
meeting rooms or integrated into an open
plan, common spaces offer flexibility and
WORKSPACES
opportunities for informal collaboration.
•Various types such as pods, bleachers,
conversation nooks, and low tables with
seating provide many opportunities for
chance encounters.
•Many of these spaces also incorporate
features needed for productivity and
connection, while retaining the casual
feeling of a lounge.
•Focus Rooms Focus rooms provide areas
where quite conversations, phone calls, Shared facilities are deemed to
and client meetings occur, with higher encourage informality and
levels of acoustic and visual separation. productive interaction.
 INTERACTIVE AND OPEN WORK AREAS
• Common Spaces and low
tables with seating provide
many opportunities for chance
encounters.
• Many of these spaces also
incorporate features needed for
productivity and connection,
while retaining the casual
feeling of a lounge.
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Meeting rooms vary in size and
number, relative to the size and
method of operation of the business.
A meeting room offers the
opportunity, like the reception area,
to express the ethos of the company,
both to employees and the visitors
who will use it.
All participants in a meeting should
feel equally entitled to express
opinions. All should see and be seen
equally.
Usually a table is the focal point and
controls how participants organize
themselves.
Chairs should be comfortable for at
least an hour, and those for
chairpersons may be a little grander
to establish their status.
 COLOUR PALETTE
• Corporate Setting – Limited to neutral setting. Gray,
beige and light browns. Can be distinctive dramatic but
still conservative and versatile.
• Neutral colours – Opens up a space.
• Dark colours – Close in areas and make them appear
smaller.
• Deep rich colours like hunter green and royal blue covey
a sense of status.
• Lighter colours like pale blue and greens can provide a
soothing and calming atmosphere.
• Greens and blues are calming and may help focus, while
spicy reds and golds are energizing and uplifting.
• Red (exciting)—emphatic; signifies danger, • Purple (subduing)—mystical, playful, and
excitement and strength; grandeur.
likely increase in cardio-respiratory responses.
• Orange (stimulating)—happy, soothing, radiant
• Blue (relaxing, retiring)—calming and cooling, and glowing, excitement.
associates to sky and ocean, concentration,
comfort, harmony, unpretentious; likely slowing of • Brown (depressing)—calm, simple, stability.
heart rate and reducing blood pressure.
• White (neutralizing)—pure, simplicity,
• Yellow (cheering)—most reflective, open, refreshing, open, spacious feeling.
expansive, and enlightening;
likely increase in cardio-respiratory activity. • Black (depressing)—classic, seriousness,
mysterious, sorrowful.
• Green (relaxing, retiring)—symbolizes life,
calming and natural ambience, • Grey (neutralizing, retiring)—gloomy, respect,
filters out distraction, and restful to eyes. stability.
 OFFICE LANDSCAPE
• Make the space more welcoming.
• Improve air quality, provide
screens and brighten décor.
• Presence of plants reduces the
amount of dust settling on surfaces
and increases humidity levels.
• Increases oxygen levels and
prevents suffocation.
OFFICE FLOORING
• Concrete – Easy to maintain, not
ideal if employees must stand or
walk for extended periods.
• Vinyl – Heavy traffic less wear
and tear. Toxic.
• Bamboo – Stain resistant and
durable.
• Cork – Excellent cushioning and
insulation.
 LIGHTING
• Should be functional.
• Maximum use of daylight for
efficiency in work and sustainable
space.
• Maximum output with less energy
intake.
• Work area illumination should be
3times brighter than closely
surrounding area and 10 times
brighter than the background.
• Glare – Can be eliminated by
painting the walls and ceiling in a
neutral colour.
• Installing blinds will also reduce glare.
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WORKSPACES
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RECEPTION
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NINETY NINE OFFICE
•By mapping the main activities
and dividing them throughout
the space, a clear division
between the area where “work
gets done” and the area where
the creative process takes
place was created .
•Designed furniture items to
organize the daily balancing
act between creating and
organizing, pushing
boundaries, and making
things happen.
 NINETY NINE OFFICE
•The office is located in a large former hospital in
the centre of Amsterdam. The unit itself is 75sqm,
including a 30sqm mezzanine, and is flooded with
natural light.
•The work zone is situated on the base level with a
6-person work island while the creating area on
the mezzanine combines the material library,
meeting table, and soft seating.
•The mezzanine’s steel structure is part of the
unit’s architecture.
•The newly built staircase made of plywood
connects not only both levels but also combines
functions such as storage, a closet, and the
printing station.
•A low podium that connects the staircase
sculpture to the main space has become our
preferred area to sit and discuss.
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OFFICE

The colour scheme of the design is as neutral as possible to

act as a white canvas to the designs yet to be created.
To brighten up the shades of grey, the “green box” was
introduced . Positioned underneath the mezzanine it
contains a bookshelf to display sources of inspiration while
hiding functions like the main storage and pantry at the
same time.
To counter the huge amount of natural light, a cluster of
paper shade lamps that create a warm, moody light scheme
was arranged.
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