Located in Yizhuang, Beijing, the Privy Council is an office park with a unique cultural atmosphere and beautiful green landscape. MARS Studio was commissioned by the Privy Council to design an experience center for Wutong office building. The design breaks the cold stereotype of the original office space and creates a warm reception and office environment like "home".
Three "boxes"
The project is located on the first floor of a high-rise building in the park. It was originally used for business, with a net height of about 4.5m, which is not completely suitable for office. MARS implanted three functional boxes with different personalities to dissolve users' perception of the height of the space.
The three boxes are divided by the central corridor: the white glass box contains the meeting room, the tea room and the VIP reception; Warm wood box contains multimedia display and open negotiation area; At the end of the corridor, behind the gradually changing glass doors, is an internal office area used for employees' daily work.
Private, Semi-open and Open
The three boxes correspond to different attributes: the wooden box is open, the glass box is half private, the office box is biased.
The semi-open stance of the wooden box raises from the ground, rises upward, extends to the ceiling and back to the ground, forming a warm and soft interface. The open design on both sides breaks the shackles of traditional walls on space and avoids the sense of alienation caused by excessive space violation.
The gradual effect of the glass box ensures the semi-privacy of the space, while retaining the permeability of the upper and lower parts of the glass. The warm interior atmosphere also makes business relaxed and pleasant.
The central corridor of the space, which separates the wooden boxes from the glass boxes, also intersperses vitality and tranquility, allowing users to walk through different experiences.
The "Home" Experience
The concept of "home" is a theme that runs through Sycamore Experience Center. From the atmosphere of materials to the collocation of soft clothes, all aim to create a "home" experience.
Entering the experience Center, sunlight pours in through the perforated aluminum panels outside the building, and the light and shadow pours into the wood-clad background walls. The whole space is bathed in warm sunlight, and the staff and clients here feel bright and comfortable when entering the interior.
The integrated front desk, which is made of translucent resin material, has a soft light inside, which provides an interesting contrast with the "unbalanced" "fragmentation light" above.
The VIP reception area does not adopt the traditional serious atmosphere of business, but continues the concept of "home" in the wooden box, which helps to eliminate the insecurity of customers in the intimate environment of business negotiations.
Dramatic Scene
The sense of suspension created by the cut corners of the wooden box at the bottom of the entrance adds to the tension of the space, as well as the overall permeability and sense of the house. And functionally, the user has a sense of use ahead of time before entering the space through the visual field of the opening gap.
The space embodies a strong sense of narrative, liveliness and mobility. Users can touch the rhythm of the space, feel the poetic artistic lighting and warm home atmosphere, making people feel peace, comfort and tranquility, as well as vitality.
Team:
Design Firm: MARS Studio
Principal Architect: Ma Ning
Project Architect: Shiyu Liu
Design Team: Jiaxin Yang, Zhu Ke, Zifeng Tan, Jiahui Zhao
Lighting Design: Mengting Chen
Photography: Wen Studio
Materials Used:
Furniture: HAY, Mutto, Carl Hansen, USM, Verpan, Frandsen, Petitefriture, Foscarini, Louis Poulsen, Sing Chan Design, Onmuse
