Draft Tokyo Office by Taiju Yamashita & Saeko Takahashi |
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| DESIGN NAME: Draft Tokyo PRIMARY FUNCTION: Office INSPIRATION: Communication is the key to success in life, relationship, and work. Without effective communication, there is no effective teamwork or successful achievement. This space was designed to encourage open communication at workplace in consideration of privacy by mixing the idea of open office plan and traditional cubicle layout. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This office has been designed to showcase designer’s creativity and inspiration of interior design to the clients. Visitors get positive feelings as they enter the clean industrial style entrance materialized through white painted plumbing, also 4.6m high ceiling provide fresh and friendly atmosphere with cheerful sunlight from transom window. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The entrance glass door is operated by wall-mounted iPad that directory connecting to the workers iPhone. Also, multi monitors on the wall all way in the back enable collaborative web conference with oversea branches over wireless network. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started on October 2013 to December 2013. Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Floor：mortar, carpet, and herringbone pattern wood. Wall：concrete look tile, wood tile, and paint coating. Furniture：comfy L shape sofas, colorful chairs on the loft, and original design corner desk, meeting table, and chair at the workstation. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Approximately 320 square meters, width 22.1m, length 14.5m, height 4.6m, plus terrace. TAGS: Office, Interior design, Communication RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The concept of this office is Spontaneous Communication where workers can hold private meeting in cubicle layout office but for the team project it is necessary to build open space so that people can interact and collaborate each other in the office. This office is designed to encourage open communication among the workers. CHALLENGE: The hardest part was to balance team and individual. To realize both open space and private area at the same time, cubicles were installed two stairs lower than the hallway so that the partition does not disturb communication between workers while giving a sense of privacy. Deliberately set up informal spaces are another feature, comfy sofas and small tables encourage communication and teamwork. ADDED DATE: 2015-06-18 04:11:44 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : Taiju Yamashita, Saeko Takahashi IMAGE CREDITS: Kaoru Fukui |
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NAME: DRAFT Inc. PROFILE: DRAFT Inc. is a Tokyo-based interior design firm founded by Taiju Yamashita in 2008. We specialize in the interior design of office, as well as restaurant and commercial space. We aim to create “cycle of happiness” by our design with everyone who visits the space because we believe good design delivers greater creativity and productivity to human and organization. No matter what type of projects, workspace and community, big and small, classic and modern, our focus is always on “how to design more effective space where foster creativity and promote corporate purpose, value, and vision with limited space and budget.” In 2013, DRAFT opened two new offices in Shanghai (China) and Cebu (Philippines). We have been serving the community by embracing the mixed idea of local culture and latest trends from Tokyo |
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Draft Tokyo Office by Taiju Yamashita & Saeko Takahashi is Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Category, 2015 - 2016.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Taiju Yamashita & Saeko Takahashi. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Taiju Yamashita & Saeko Takahashi. |
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