Oblique Office

Project is conceptualized through skewed pinewood partitions which take over the given rectangular office space in an effort to enliven it. From above, the gypsum board ceiling’s valley line coincides with the principal axis of the partitions, as its planes on both sides extend upwards with an incline.

Various sub-divisions of the office space thus created are characterised by the doubly skewed geometry of partitions & roof. These parts are encountered sequentially as entrance vestibule, workstations, small office and principal cabin.

Fact:
Architect Name: Studio 4000
Project Address: Corporate Road, Ahmedabad
Architect responsible: Smit Vyas
Completion Year: 2020
Total built area (m2): 75
Photo credits: Rahul Zota
Photographer’s website: www.zotagraphy.in
Brands / Products
1. AGL Tiles: Floor Tiles
2. Philips: Lighting Fixtures
3. Asian Paints: Wall colours, Woodtech Aquadur PU Interior Matt (Wood Polish)
4. Havells: Flexible Cables
5. Legrand: Switches
6. Saint-Gobain: glass
7. Duro: Pumaply
8. Nitco: Bathroom Tiles
9. At Home: Tapestry
10. ENOX: ENOX Sliding Shutter Aluminium Profile EAP
11. EPPW: Hardware
12. HOF: Chairs
13. TATA Steel: Circular Hollow Section 150 ⍬

Walls are finished with satin emulsion, furniture with automotive spray paint & pinewood with oil-based varnish. Floor is finished with rough vitrified tile. Grooved MDF panels integrate artistic devices into the project- most significantly in the wall-mounted mural behind the executive desk derived from Amedee Ozenfant’s work.

Overall, superimposition of two contrasting geometries activates the schema and creates dynamic connections between different functions of the office. It allows discrete parts to mutually coexist without losing sense of the whole.