Kvistad creates tonal workspaces inside Oslo workplace

Single-colour rooms, carpeted partitions and round doorways function inside this Oslo workplace which Norwegian studio Kvistad has designed to really feel like a “Scandinavian spaceship”.

Household-run Norwegian studio Kvistad was tasked with creating a brand new HQ for Bakken & Bæck, a quickly increasing digital firm based mostly in Oslo.

The design for the workplace was developed across the concept of a Scandinavian-style spaceship, an area the studio imagines as “a union of space-age, futurism and pleasant Scandinavian types”.

The workplace’s open-plan kitchen, eating and lounge space have due to this fact all been painted a cool blue shade, complemented by navy carpet and furnishings.

Even the kitchen sink and worktop are comprised of an identical shade of light-blue Corian.

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“All flooring, partitions and ceilings are painted in the identical color to provide a sense that every thing is moulded in the identical materials,” defined the studio.

Tonal areas proceed all through the remainder of the workplace: the cloakroom options coral-pink partitions and tiled flooring, matching the peachy-hued lavatory.

There may be additionally an all-beige boardroom and a red-themed work space the place cushions and a curved seating banquette are upholstered in terracotta-coloured cloth.

In among the workplace’s rooms, carpet extends up from the ground and over the partitions to create the phantasm of a “zero-gravity atmosphere” the place employees might stroll throughout any floor.

“Lots of the particulars are supported by skinny traces to resemble weightlessness,” the studio added.

Different decor particulars that nod to the outer house aesthetic embrace round doorways into work areas and rounded furnishings with curved edges.

Contrasting splashes of color are supplied by inexperienced potted vegetation and a curved orange screen-divider. A few rugs by Kvistad that depict playful characters have additionally been mounted as wall hangings.

Kvistad’s design for the Bakken & Bæck workplace has been shortlisted within the small workspace inside class of the 2019 Dezeen Awards.

It would go head-to-head in opposition to tasks such because the Ya Vsesvit co-working house in Ukraine, which has been decked out in darkish tones and a property growth workplace in Kuala Lumpur, which is fronted by a faceted gold facade.