Workspace Evolution
Theoretical review on the role of Workplaces for Cities_Andreas Marx
Working Interiors, Offices and Studios_Andrew Tang
– Cai Guo-Qiang Studio_OMA
– VSCO Oakland_debartolo architects
– AKQA Tokyo Office_Torafu Architects
– Woods Bagot Melbourne Studio_Woods Bagot
– New Arquia Banca Office in Girona_Javier de las Heras Solé
– San Jeronimo 17 Office_CUAC Arquitectura
– Greenpeace Beijing Office_Livil Architects
– Lightspeed Headquarters_ACDF Architecture
– Beaver Workshop Office in Beijing_MAT Office
– utopic_US Co-working Space, Conde de Casal_Izaskun Chinchilla Architects
– New Lab_Macro Sea
– Rigot Stalars, Old Mill Rehabiliation and Extension_Coldefy & Associés Architectes Urbanistes
– 3XN’s New Studio_3XN
– Light Sheds, Photographer’s Studio_FT Architects
– He, She & It_Davidson Rafailidis
– A Small Studio for Drawing, Painting and Sculpture_Christian Tonko
– Drawing Archive and Studio, Somerset_Hugh Strange Architects
– Archea Studio in São Paulo_Archea Associati
Workspace Evolution
Theoretical review on the role of Workplaces for Cities_Andreas Marx
During the last decades, the nature of creative jobs is dramatically evolved. The increasing flexibility of work styles influenced the way designers, artists, and professionals in general approach their daily activities. With growing computational power of mobile devices, and virtually ubiquitous access to internet and cloud services, jobs are being separated from a determined location and time. This shift is having significant consequences for the way traditional workplaces function. To reflect the fast-pace changes of the work systems, office spaces have gradually incorporated new functions and activities, including areas for socialize and relax, flexible working spaces, and open zones where traditional spatial hierarchies are abolished. Offices seem to have a tendency to relate to other urban public spaces, such as squares, coffee shops, and lobbies.
If, on the one hand offices are patently trying to reflect a structural change in the nature of work by becoming more open, connected and global, studios, on the other hand, seem to mainly concentrate on the activities carried out in them. Studios are creative spaces where ideas are born, are developed and tested, and have been given life. They are also the place where reflection, iterative thinking process, and design production take place. Design-related activities in the studio usually expand to become places of socialization, with exhibitions, display and public events. Contemporary studios embody the variety of task and activities that characterize the creative and professional work today.
Workspace Evolution
Theoretical review on the role of Workplaces for Cities_Andreas Marx
During the last decades, the nature of creative jobs is dramatically evolved. The increasing flexibility of work styles influenced the way designers, artists, and professionals in general approach their daily activities. With growing computational power of mobile devices, and virtually ubiquitous access to internet and cloud services, jobs are being separated from a determined location and time. This shift is having significant consequences for the way traditional workplaces function. To reflect the fast-pace changes of the work systems, office spaces have gradually incorporated new functions and activities, including areas for socialize and relax, flexible working spaces, and open zones where traditional spatial hierarchies are abolished. Offices seem to have a tendency to relate to other urban public spaces, such as squares, coffee shops, and lobbies.
If, on the one hand offices are patently trying to reflect a structural change in the nature of work by becoming more open, connected and global, studios, on the other hand, seem to mainly concentrate on the activities carried out in them. Studios are creative spaces where ideas are born, are developed and tested, and have been given life. They are also the place where reflection, iterative thinking process, and design production take place. Design-related activities in the studio usually expand to become places of socialization, with exhibitions, display and public events. Contemporary studios embody the variety of task and activities that characterize the creative and professional work today.
