Unilever Headquarters Office Building by Aedas |
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| DESIGN NAME: Unilever Headquarters PRIMARY FUNCTION: Office Building INSPIRATION: Inspiration is from the traditional Indonesian village, where families from different backgrounds form a tightly knit community. It informs our concept to design a campus-like office space that encourages collaboration, communication, and foster closer bonds and work relations. Being in the tropics also inspired the introduction of nature both internally and externally. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Unilever Jakarta is a green and people-centric contemporary office with layout referencing the traditional Indonesian village to promote values of nature, community and diversity. Its natural-lit courtyard atrium connects all parts of the office. High visual connectivity and common spaces along the atrium encourage collaboration and cohesion, fostering a close-knit community. The building uses indentations to introduce greenery and shifting floorplates to reduce solar heat gain. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The office evokes a campus setting, with 4 levels of workspace on top of a communal ground level. A central atrium serves as the town hall event space and amphitheater, drawing people in and channeling them to their destinations. The low building height and large floorplate encourage users to move horizontally across the space, bringing convenience to interaction and collaboration. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Started in Nov 2014, completed in Jan 2017. BSD Green Office Park, Jakarta. FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Solar studies were done using Rhino and Honeybee to guide the building form and design. North-South building orientation was employed to reduce façade areas in direct sunlight. Aluminum blade louvers were installed onto double glazed curtain walls to achieve high daylight penetration and reduce solar heat gain. Floorplates were designed to overhang each level so that lower levels benefit from shading. Shading studies were done to optimise placement, angle, and depth of the blade louvers. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: - TAGS: Architecture, Office, Sustainability, Green, Indonesia, Campus, Amphitheatre, Town hall RESEARCH ABSTRACT: A workshop was held to gather qualitative data from end-users regarding their desired work environment. The objective was to incorporate the findings into a concept for the new office design. Insights uncovered a cultural behavior that users love to have personal interactions like meet and greet, mingling and socializing with small talk and gossip. These feedback were then infused into the design, creating key social spaces that boosts collaboration and interaction. CHALLENGE: To deliver a high quality, contemporary project on a low cost. With a shortage of skilled labour, the design was simplified to improve constructability. Fixtures were designed to be simple and locally available to reduce cost. To address concerns of earthquakes in the region, a low-rise office design was preferred as a cost-effective precaution. The social-cultural behaviour of users had to be incorporated in design. Common spaces for socialising had to be well integrated with the office. ADDED DATE: 2018-02-23 03:01:13 TEAM MEMBERS (4) : a) Steven Thor, b) Liow Ting Teng, c) Bernhard Viereck and d) Kim Min Su IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Aedas and Photographer Owen Raggett, 2017. Image #2: Aedas and Photographer Owen Raggett, 2017. Image #3: Aedas and Photographer Owen Raggett, 2017. Image #4: Aedas and Photographer Owen Raggett, 2017. Image #5: Aedas and Photographer Owen Raggett, 2017. |
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NAME: PT. Unilever Indonesia PROFILE: Unilever Indonesia, established on December 5, 1933, has grown to become one of the leading companies in the category of Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Indonesia. We have been present to accompany the life of Indonesian people through the range of Unilever Indonesia products including world-renowned brands. Vision - To achieve a sense of love and appreciation from Indonesia by touching the life of every Indonesian every day. Goals & Principles - We have a high standard of corporate behavior towards everyone who works with us, the communities we engage in and the environment that impacts our business. |
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Unilever Headquarters Office Building by Aedas is Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Aedas. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Aedas. |
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