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The New Outside Office

How can the future workplace promote health and productivity?

Ephemeral Architecture

- paviljoens voor bovenop de daken om de gezondheid van de kantoor werkers te stimuleren

- in opdracht van Willem de Kooning Academie

- Rotterdam, juni 2019

Graduation Expo

From experience and research, i discovered that working with more daylight, fresh air and nature increases health, happiness, concentration and productivity. What makes for a more enjoyable workday.

The New Outside Office is placed on top of a building and consists of connected spaces, Green Spaces. These Green Spaces are designed in a way that you can decide if you want to work inside or outside. All the Green Spaces include daylight, fresh air and a lot of green. They consist of configurations for 1-2 people, for 4 people and for large groups, which can be used for meetings and other activities such as yoga with 10-30 people.
The New Outside Office is a series that can be offered to companies and municipalities. For every company there is the possibility to create a working environment where employee and employer can work pleasantly and productively. As a company you can put together your own Outside Office. You can decide what kind of desk, the amount of people per space, how many glass walls and how many plant walls. 

While working in a Green Space you can choose to completely close off the space to regain concentration or open the doors and hear a quiet buzz of traffic and birds in the background.  With the addition of many plants in the panels of the room and the sun blinds, the acoustics and privacy are more than enough. 

This design offers people and companies the opportunity to create healthier workplaces.

Graduation Expo

design and usage research

Brochure for companies and municipalities

design and usage research

design and usage research

Visual Interior Green Space 

Visual seen from up

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