Setareh Kish Open Office

Overview

A complete office interior in Setareh Kish on Kish Island. It brings reception, open workstations, a meeting room and a lounge together on one light-filled floor.

The challenge

Small offices are often divided into closed cellular rooms, which block light and separate people. The client wanted the openness of a modern workplace while keeping the acoustic and visual privacy needed for meetings and focused work.

Approach

• Glass, not walls. Frameless full-height glass partitions separate the meeting room and workspaces while keeping sightlines and daylight across the whole floor.
• A clear sequence. Visitors pass from the reception to the lounge and then to the meeting room. The workstations sit further in, away from client traffic.
• A restrained palette. White surfaces, large-format grey floor tiles and veined marble feature walls give the space a premium feel, and blue velvet seating adds a single accent colour.
• Linear lighting. Black linear channels run across the ceiling and draw the eye along the length of the space.

Key learnings

• Transparency is a planning tool: glass lets a small office keep its privacy without feeling small.
• One accent colour placed with intent gives a workplace its character.