Studio Edwards arranges yellow metal beams to kind modular work pods
Studio Edwards has created a sequence of modular yellow-framed work pods to show a vacant warehouse house in Melbourne into an workplace.
The pods by Studio Edwards are designed to accommodate teams of as much as 4 members of employees and are constructed from bright-yellow metal beams.
These beams could be bolted collectively and brought aside by hand in order that, when needed, the pods could be eliminated or relocated to alter the association of the workplace.
“While the idea to the challenge was conceived previous to the pandemic, it does provide a approach to create separation inside current open-plan type workplace areas as [the pods] could be simply deployed and fabricated on-site,” mentioned the studio’s founder Ben Edwards.
The 4 pods are dotted all through the bottom flooring of a transformed warehouse known as Sackville Studios in Melbourne’s stylish Collingwood neighbourhood.
Two companies already occupy the higher flooring of the constructing. Considered one of them is video company New Mac, which heads up By no means Too Small – an architecture-themed Youtube channel devoted to sharing properties and residences with tiny footprints.
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New Mac tasked Studio Edwards with creating extra workspace on the warehouse’s decrease degree that, just like the tasks featured of their movies, made the a lot of the sq. footage obtainable.
The studio opted for pods because it meant the constructing’s shell may very well be left untouched.
Edwards was additionally loosely influenced by Demountable Home – a six-by-six metre prefabricated dwelling that architect Jean Prouvé developed in 1944 as a fast approach to re-house French civilians after the second world conflict.
Every pod is lined with white-painted panels of OSB timber, which could be slid backwards and forwards to let in pure daylight and recent air.
The studio used standard-sized panels of timber and adjusted the proportions of the metal framework accordingly in order that minimal chopping was required and subsequently much less waste.
OSB has additionally been used to craft lengthy work desks for contained in the pods.
Ought to employees need extra privateness for conferences, they’ll draw down the translucent curler blinds which were fitted on the entrance of every pod.
Strip lights have additionally been included within the beams that go throughout the pods’ ceilings, which could be adjusted to glow vibrant colors for occasions.
One of many pods has been set on caster wheels in order that it may be simply moved round even when totally assembled.
When the warehouse’s large garage-style door is left open, this pod may also be oriented to have interaction with passersby on the road.
Studio Edwards was established in 2016. It has beforehand transformed a trio of transport containers right into a weekend retreat on Australia’s Nice Ocean Highway. At first of this yr, the studio additionally created Base Cabin – a minimalist A-frame dwelling on wheels.
Images is by Felix Bardot.
Challenge credit:
Challenge lead: Nancy Beka
Structural engineer: Stelios Engineering
Lighting consultants: Sphera
Materials provider (OSB and acoustic panel): Forest One