Today’s relaxed and flexible state of work means that people are utilizing the office space for more than simply working. Workplaces have to some degree become a secondary home, where work, leisure, lifestyle, and self-care combine, making it necessary that the space is designed to adapt to these needs more than ever.
OpenResearch is a software company with offices in Vienna and Prishtina that aims to create this kind of environment where the people and the space cooperate.
Inspired by the space and the planets as a concept theme, the workspace is divided in three separate but interlaced volumes.
Ground Control is where the bulk of the work happens. The work desks focus on providing each person with an individual space and a coworking option, where the main goal is to inspire productivity.
Mars close by is where ideas turn into decisions. Through a closed space that is still visually connected to the rest of the office, Mars doubles as a conference room, plays on the audio-visual dimension, providing an unimpeded view of people working and complete silence at the same time. The colours encourage successful brainstorming and further cooperation.
Just behind Mars, the rigid way of working takes a back seat and an alternative, more relaxed workspace is created on The Moon area. Here people can unwind, sit and work leisurely, or just spend a little time chatting, away from their screens.
By analyzing intangible aspects of the space such as flow of movement, social interactions between coworkers, work typology patterns as well as the very human condition, and by combining it all with tangible aesthetic aspects, a contemporary work setting originated that is both functionally validated and aesthetically pleasing.
