Some Place Studio has designed the office headquarters adjacent to the production facility of the SML machine factory. The aim of the project was to create a focused work envirionment with with ample communal spaces fostering exchange and chance encounters. At the heart of the project sits a light flooded atrium surrounded by small offices. The atrium is bisected by a sculptural stair, connecting the levels and creating a social condenser. To amplify the connection between levels, the floorplates are changing their outlines, producing overhangs, balconies and unexpected vistas.
Rather than designating the traditional corner office for senior management, the front corner is rounded, forming a circular space that serves as a kitchenette, printer station, and informal meeting area. The architectural language takes cues from the machines that the company is engineering and constructing, creating moments suggesting rotating cylindrical shapes and repetitive machinic movements. Combining a metallic, cold color palette, clear cut and precise corners with cylindrical and rotational shapes, creates a building in itself reminiscent of a large machine.
SPS DESIGN TEAM
Bika Rebek, Daniel Prost, Georgios Albanis, Noemi Polo, Viki Sandor, Matt Choot, Klemens Sitzmann, Pam Anantrungroj, Tim Daniel Battelino
SQUARE FOOTAGE
63300 sqft
EXECUTIVE LOCAL ARCHITECT
Benesch/Stögmüller
PHOTOGRAPHER
Simon Oberndorfer
LOCATION
Redlham, Austria
completed in April 2019