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BÜRO UND VERWALTUNG • OFFICE BUILDINGS TECHNISCHER AUSBAU • TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS

Zum Workshopraum hin sind die Einbauten als offene Regale für Werbe- und Informationsmaterialien gestaltet. Auch die Drucker- und Scannereinheit erhielt einen vordefinierten Platz in den Multifunktionseinbauten.

T hat constructional changes in the rented property had been excluded from the glasses and cups, here pens, post-its, balls and similar workshop material is also sto-
red. On one side of the standing counter, in the direction of the entrance, the cloa-
start was the major challenge of the project – besides a very short planning- and
construction period. Even the floor had already been installed when we were given kroom and general storage rooms were combined with a large filing cabinet. Behind
the contract. But with a little colour and a lot of enthusiasm from our side, quite some the latter as well is an existing wall so that the piece of furniture almost seems to be
effects can be achieved after all! “First impressions count”, as the saying goes. Not standing freely in the room. On the other side is the integrated small coffee- and tea
only due to this is it the first glance into an office which is also very essential. This is station. To have easy access to cups, sugar and so on at customer events, 270-degree
the moment when clients or employees are won or lost; when long-standing collea- hinges were installed on the respective cabinet door. This allows it to stand open wit-
gues are motivated or demotivated. In the new premises of improuv GmbH as well, hout being in the way. Walking on in the direction of the workshop room, one passes
it was to be clear at first glance: Here agile working is not only being preached but the printer niche which is visually concealed but positioned centrally and well acces-
practiced! That is why the entrance area was particularly important. It was therefore sible for all the employees. Here the printer and the scanner are stored; the built-in
designed as the heart of the new office. The large workbench immediately became cupboard all around them contains all the materials necessary for running the office.
the meeting point in the office and is actively used for a variety of activities. To expand Looking from the workshop room back in the direction of the entrance reveals that
the initially planned spectrum of uses, the central wall was designed to be magnetic the “backsides” of the built-in furniture in the hallway are openly designed as a small
and writable. Thus the workbench cannot only be used by freelancers or as a break library. Here above all advertising- and information material for the visitors is arran-
table but is also available for presentations or internal workshops and meetings. The ged which they find ideally positioned when leaving the workshop room.
piece of furniture in the entrance which frames the table on two sides offers sight pro-
tection, storage space and seating opportunities at the window yet, at the same time, ... they had in an intelligent way
also serves to showcase the company to entering visitors.
The main task when selecting the colours and the materials of the furniture was to turn
The architect used what little creative leeway … the sterile environment into an office with an appealing atmosphere. The CI basic colour
blue in the central hallway was also used in the colouring of the new office chairs whe-
The two most important rooms – the entrance at the front and the workshop room at reby two different shades of blue already produce a first loosening up. The birch wood
the back – are linked by a central hallway. This hallway was completely painted in a combined with it adds a contrast and brings warmth into the premises. All the built-in
shade of blue taken from the CI colour scheme. This makes it easier for visitors to get furniture and the work tops of the permanent workstations are thus constructed of
their bearings and visually indicates the hallway and the entrance area without spatial transparent-coated birch multiplex panels. Birch was also used for the workbench as a
separation. In this central zone, loosely positioned built-in furniture ensures tidiness massive worktop. Consistent with the innovative, agile coaching improuv offers its
and an effective use of the very wide hallway which could unfortunately not be clients, a playful chessboard pattern with differently coloured, transparent coatings was
changed. Supports and large ventilation shafts are also concealed inside the new built- developed for designing the built-in furniture which also unobtrusively integrates the
in elements. The functions of the respective built-in furniture were specifically compo- built-in coffee machine in the overall design. The iconic handle detail was likewise de-
sed. As in any office, at improuvu as well the central place to get coffee is an informal veloped specifically for the project. The handles have writable backs of whiteboard lac-
meeting point at any time of the day. For short meetings or the obligatory cup of coffee quer which can be reversibly labelled with whiteboard pens. Last but not least, the
enjoyed together, a standing counter was designed. It even has a dual function: that is smaller workrooms of the permanently employed staff were newly designed as well.
because one half of the counter consists of two wheeled containers which, equipped Height-adjustable desks, new comfortable office chairs, magnetic wall surfaces and low
with glasses and beverages, ensures the catering in the workshop room. In addition to shelves with mobile planters here produce a pleasant working atmosphere.

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