A easy metal framework incorporates each desks and storage within the self-designed all-white studio of structure agency Ministry of Design in Singapore.
With the MOD Workshop, studio founder Colin Seah got down to create a special sort of workspace from Ministry of Design’s award-winning Bar Code workplace, which the observe occupied from 2010 to 2023.
The brand new workplace is lower than a 3rd of the dimensions, with a deal with facilitating collaboration between coworkers who do not spend as a lot time within the workplace as they did earlier than the coronavirus pandemic.
“According to MOD’s transition in direction of a technologically-enabled work atmosphere, which permits for many designers to work remotely, the Workshop dispenses with typical office conventions,” Seah mentioned.
“As an alternative, it devotes 60 per cent of the format to inventive face-to-face collaboration as a result of once we do want to satisfy in particular person, we actually need it to make it rely,” he continued.
The 93-square-metre area is split right into a collection of interconnected areas for collaboration, in addition to sizzling desks and utility areas, through a three-dimensional steel framework.
The minimal scaffold incorporates screens constituted of frosted polycarbonate and fluted glass that permit mild to cross by means of, producing a brilliant and layered aesthetic inside the workspace.
The identical supplies had been used to kind cabinets and worktops, with stable aluminium rods inserted into the polycarbonate panels to permit them to help heavier objects.
One of many predominant workspaces is centred round what MOD describes as a counter-height “struggle room” desk that can be utilized for shared inventive actions in addition to design discussions and shows.
The desk’s floor is constituted of frosted tempered glass that, together with different shiny and mirrored supplies, helps to bounce mild across the inside and improve the spacious really feel.
The steel framework incorporates an adjustable lighting system above the desk that may simulate completely different mild circumstances, whereas giant home windows minimise the requirement for synthetic lighting in the course of the daytime.
To 1 facet of the desk is a wall clad with cable trays, permitting objects to be connected with hooks or magnets. Shelving alongside the other wall types a part of a cloth and artefact library.
The library cabinets span the complete size and width of the Workshop, guaranteeing the designers at all times have quick access to supplies used to encourage and stimulate creativity.
A row of sizzling desks alongside one wall and a gathering desk close to the doorway present various areas for working and collaboration, with utility areas together with a pantry, printer and storage tucked away in a nook.
In distinction to the bright-white inside of the workspace, a compact restroom hid behind a mirrored door is designed as a personal sanctuary lined with black tiles.
MOD has accomplished greater than 140 tasks because it was based by Seah in 2004, providing purchasers a holistic service that always consists of structure, product design, inside structure, branding or landscaping.
“We like to query the place the inherent potential in modern design lies after which to disturb the methods they’re created or perceived, redefining the world round us in related and revolutionary methods, undertaking by undertaking,” Seah mentioned.
Earlier MOD tasks embody an workplace in a conservatory-like atrium full of tropical vegetation and a co-living area with all-white interiors.
The pictures is by Jovian Lim.
