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Entwurf • Design Idea Workshop, MY-Kuala Lumpur
Bauherr • Client Mindvalley, MY-Kuala Lumpur
Standort • Location Menara Bangsar MY-Kuala Lumpur
Nutzfläche • Floor space 330 m 2
Fotos • Photos Heartpatrick, MY-Kuala Lumpur
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More infos on page 182

MINDVALLEY HQ

IN KUALA LUMPUR

Jacques Tati’s unforgotten images of grey-dressed em-
ployees crammed into just as monochrome single cells
have fortunately long become a thing of the past in
VIP LUXURY LOUNGE DN 550 +2.150 M DN everyday office life since the making of the film entit-

HOT DESK AREA 400 led Playtime in 1967. Also in Kuala Lumpur where rain-
DUCT DN 100 DN 400
DN 400
MEDITATION ROOM 1 +1.200 M DN DISCUSSION POD 1 +2.050 M +3.700 M bow-coloured glass walls and light-flooded rooms pro-
DN 400 800
DN 400 DN 400 duce a colourful (work) environment.
DN 100
WORK DESK AREA HOT DESK
+2.150 M
DN 100
MEDITATION ROOM 2 DISCUSSION ROOM 4 +2.050 M DUCT
UP
DN 100 UP
+2.150 M
WORK DESK AREA HOT DESK M indvalley supports people in their spiritual and personal furt-
DN 400 400 DN 400 her development with the help of a variety of educational op-
MEDITATION ROOM 3 DN +1.200 M DISCUSSION DN 800 POD 2 +2.050 M +3.700 M portunities which are being offered. For the founder Vishen Lakhiani,
SERVER ROOM DN 100 DN DN 400 400
HOT DESK AREA UTILITY ROOM DUCT +2.150 M it is a matter of particular concern to make healthy work rooms avai-
BENCH DN 400 DN 400
lable to his employees – after all, most people spent an average 70
DN 400
CONSULTING ROOM VOID QUIET POD 1 percent of their active day at their workspaces. For the extension of
QUIET
POD 2
the office of the company headquarters, the client and the designers
SKYPE BOOTH & MEETING ROOM DN 550 DN 400 VOID CHILL OUT AREA from IDEAWORKSHOP also based in the metropolis came up with a
HOT DESK AREA +2.150 M DN 650 concept for an unusual environment which is atmospheric as well as
DUCT DN 100 DN 400
DN 400 QUIET POD 3 user-oriented. Into the just 330 square metres large and 4.4 metres
MEDITATION ROOM 4 +1.200 M DN 400 DN DISCUSSION POD 3 800 FILM STORE ROOM +2.050 M VOID QUIET POD 4
DN 400 DN 400 high room, at first a steel-glass structure was integrated which sub-
DN 100
WORK DESK AREA +2.150 M divides the whole space due to its different heights and staggered le-
DN 183
FCU
DN 550 vels. The quickly awakened association with a jungle gym is defini-
tely intentional. The breathing space which is essential for working
Grundriss • Floor plan Grundriss Zwischengeschoss • Floor plan mezzanine is ensured by the various functions of the rooms as well as by the ap-
propriate furnishing. Workstations for activities while sitting down al-
ternate with standing desks and thus provide the necessary ergono-
mic flexibility for healthy working. Relaxation rooms equipped with
low stools and cushions as well as zones for laid-back talks create
DUCTING
an environment which gives all the employees the possibilities for
WORK DESK WORK DESK WORK DESK optimally structuring their working time. The visually most striking
NO.33 NO.30 NO.28
WORK DESK
NO.26 design feature are the inserted glass elements whose iridescent play
+2.700 M
of colour immerses the complete space into a kind of shimmering
and yet calming light. Depending on the viewing angle, the back-
+2.150 M +2.150 M
+2.050 M
ground and the incidence of sunlight, a special dichroitic film
CLEAR GLASS CLEAR GLASS
PANEL WITH PANEL WITH CLEAR GLASS
DICHROIC FILM DICHROIC FILM PANEL WITH changes its colours and thus makes the office premises shine in a dif-
DICHROIC FILM
WORK DESK HOT DESK
AREA AREA
ferent colour combination in the course of the day. The over 80 em-
WORK DESK WORK DESK MEDITATION ROOM 1 HOT DESK CORRIDOR
TO A/C
NO.05 NO.01 NO.01 LEDGE
ployees – designers, filmmakers, specialists in social media and in
marketing – find in the new headquarters the up-to-date model of a
+/-0.000 M working landscape which, despite the limited space, does not look
grey at all but bright and creative and this no doubt also leads to a
Schnitt (Schema) • Section (schematic) healthy and inspired way of working.
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