Bamboo Office Interior By Jw Associates

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JW & Associates is a multidisciplinary design firm whose practice includes interior design, product design and architecture.

The initial concept of this design was to create an office environment accommodating diverse emotional and working states from the calm and solitary to excited group exchanges.

The first stage  was the abandonment of excessive ornamentation in favour of function and practicality with a simple colour palette of white, grey, and warm, natural wood.

The design’s primary feature is a meanderous central island which, running the length of the office’s central space in a series of waves, provides desk space and varied seating, as well as dividing the room. In addition, the incorporation of stands of bamboo creates a soft and naturally varied form of division between the room’s two halves. Its continuous curve divides the space without creating discreet segments.

A connecting corridor runs the full length of the office joining closed offices at the far end via the central working area to a kitchen and snack bar adjoining the reception area immediately before the main entrance. A separate conference room further divides the kitchen area from the main office. Double doors at either end of the main office area can be used to isolate each area as required.

The reception desk utilizes off cuts leftover as waste material from the construction of the remainder of the project. A counter running the length of the kitchen area is coated with TK PET resin which runs down its side to form a continuous surface with the floor of the reception and kitchen area. The clear resin is marked with large brush strokes of Chinese ink and flows over the floor’s boundaries into the central office area and meeting room giving the impression of standing water.

Location Shanghai
Area 390m2
Design Yao Jun/姚君
Completion 2013
Photography Peter Dixie for LOTAN Architectural Photography

 

Submitted by Peter Dixie

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