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Naval Architects Office
Naval Architects Office
Piraeus, Greece
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Naval Architects Office
Piraeus, Greece
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2022
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
PSA Marine Bureau is a marine engineering company based in Athens. The project's scope was the redesign of the company's offices which expand in an area of 138 sq.m.. The redesign aims to radically upgrade the infrastructures and the functionality of the given space and highlight the company’s corporate identity.
The challenge of the study was to understand what it is like to work on ship architecture and find elements of “visual dialogue” between the company’s premises and the premises of a ship.
By studying the geometry of the space and using at its end the chosen materials’ properties, we created a strong study concept: a distinct curved line which runs along the narrow space, and divides and defines the spaces organically while guiding the employee and the visitor.
One practice in designing ships is the “coexistence” of different materials.
So in the office space we chose a “blend” of materials in the most harmonious and functional way, a choice that separates the spaces visually and conceptually. The open plan spaces of the employees are dominated by the element of the wood curve-for a premium feel-, which is harmoniously joined with the glass-for the need of transparency- and which is the identity of the space. To enhance the design, the curved line is repeated on the ceiling and on the floor in order to define on one side the open plan area of the work offices and on the other side the spaces that promote the cooperation and simultaneously the isolation of the working groups like the management offices, the meeting room and the individual auxiliary spaces.
The open plan space of the employees is characterized by an industrial style with the mechanical installations visible on the ceiling maintaining the high height of the space. In addition, the large heavy-duty metal rack provides the required storage space for archiving the studies carried out by the company.
In closed office spaces, the presence of wood combined with the application of a false ceiling, to cover the mechanical installations, creates a simple and friendly feeling for users, a necessary element for small spaces.
A big challenge for the design is the management of natural light. The aim was that both zones would have direct access to it. But where not possible, then a large surface of glass is used, in order to allow access to natural lighting in an indirect way.
The artificial lightings’ intensity, in all the lighting bodies, is adjustable so that every employee can have the desired intensity depending on the time of day and the location in the office. Especially in the meeting room there is the option for intense, diffused lighting but also for very low lighting which is ideal for presentations. The spaces in this way acquire The spaces in this way acquire a level of personalization according to the needs of the employees.
Another issue we had to manage was the sound dispersion around the open plan spaces. For this reason, we used a sound-absorbing floor with a different color to separate the employees’ from the administrative spaces even more.
In the workplaces, sound-absorbing panels were placed between workstations, a choice that, in addition to reducing the noise, defines the company's departments.
Sound-absorbing panels were used as decorative elements in the administrative and meeting areas. Structurally, sound-insulating materials were placed inside the false ceilings, while a sound barrier was incorporated in the boundaries of each closed space.
The challenge of the study was to understand what it is like to work on ship architecture and find elements of “visual dialogue” between the company’s premises and the premises of a ship.
By studying the geometry of the space and using at its end the chosen materials’ properties, we created a strong study concept: a distinct curved line which runs along the narrow space, and divides and defines the spaces organically while guiding the employee and the visitor.
One practice in designing ships is the “coexistence” of different materials.
So in the office space we chose a “blend” of materials in the most harmonious and functional way, a choice that separates the spaces visually and conceptually. The open plan spaces of the employees are dominated by the element of the wood curve-for a premium feel-, which is harmoniously joined with the glass-for the need of transparency- and which is the identity of the space. To enhance the design, the curved line is repeated on the ceiling and on the floor in order to define on one side the open plan area of the work offices and on the other side the spaces that promote the cooperation and simultaneously the isolation of the working groups like the management offices, the meeting room and the individual auxiliary spaces.
The open plan space of the employees is characterized by an industrial style with the mechanical installations visible on the ceiling maintaining the high height of the space. In addition, the large heavy-duty metal rack provides the required storage space for archiving the studies carried out by the company.
In closed office spaces, the presence of wood combined with the application of a false ceiling, to cover the mechanical installations, creates a simple and friendly feeling for users, a necessary element for small spaces.
A big challenge for the design is the management of natural light. The aim was that both zones would have direct access to it. But where not possible, then a large surface of glass is used, in order to allow access to natural lighting in an indirect way.
The artificial lightings’ intensity, in all the lighting bodies, is adjustable so that every employee can have the desired intensity depending on the time of day and the location in the office. Especially in the meeting room there is the option for intense, diffused lighting but also for very low lighting which is ideal for presentations. The spaces in this way acquire The spaces in this way acquire a level of personalization according to the needs of the employees.
Another issue we had to manage was the sound dispersion around the open plan spaces. For this reason, we used a sound-absorbing floor with a different color to separate the employees’ from the administrative spaces even more.
In the workplaces, sound-absorbing panels were placed between workstations, a choice that, in addition to reducing the noise, defines the company's departments.
Sound-absorbing panels were used as decorative elements in the administrative and meeting areas. Structurally, sound-insulating materials were placed inside the false ceilings, while a sound barrier was incorporated in the boundaries of each closed space.
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