Excerpt: AQO Office by HYBE Design Team and Teki Design is an interior design project focused on creating a relation between the office and community. The office allows various methods of working, different uses, and different diversities by providing distinct spaces on the first and second floors. The designers believed that having blank spaces and openings in the building will enhance its future use.
Project Description
[Text as submitted by architect] The client was looking to expand their business and office space with construction in the community. The designers worked on this project with the idea in mind of relating the office to the community.
The first floor was originally a space with high ceilings and pleasant light from outside, so a light wall was added while separating the warehouse functions. By adding a light wall, the designers planned to soften the sense of enclosure while still allowing people to feel the light from outside. Only the outline of the space and the necessary functions were included, and the rest of the space was left as a margin that can flexibly change.
On the second floor, a gap was created between the space and the functionality, so that only the volume of the functionality emerges. The space is the same as the first floor, but the gaps between the two floors create a place where activities other than desk work can take place.
By creating a space with different characteristics on the first and second floors, the space can accommodate various ways of working, different uses, and different diversities. The designers felt that the future use of the building will be richer if it is not filled to the brim with functions in a predetermined box but rather if it has blank spaces and openings. The office for the community, too, should not be confronted with a box full of functions but rather with blank spaces and gaps.
This will create a sense of approachability and familiarity, and from there, connections will begin to be made. They hope that this office will become a place that grows with the local community.
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