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Office for 1001 days

A large shed on the former factory site of the Stork engineering company was converted over a period of two months into an architecture office. Blue freight containers were placed in the huge space of some thousand square metres. The containers not only form spaces within the space but act as demarcations of the total space. The containers express the temporary nature of the accommodation, which will be used for three to four years until the firm can move into an office of its own design.
The entrance is a container that thrusts through the outer wall. On the longitudinal axis of the shed, where it is tallest, there are two structures; one of four containers and one of two. The large block, in which the ends of alternating containers have been replaced by glass, contains the secretarial office and the conference room. The smaller block contains the network server and the archives. One of the longer sides of the shed is largely windowless. The model workshop, the lunch area, the kitchen and the sanitary facilities are ranged along that wall, together with conference areas and the library on an entresol. Behind the archive block, alongside the other wall, which is largely glazed, work locations lie in clusters of six alternating with containers housing management offices. The units have sliding walls and ceilings made of translucent plastic panels, which not only prevent visual intrusion but also retain heat during the winter.

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