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The River walk | work
By : MEC Design International Corp. - Kidon Jang
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 15th edition
Discipline : Interior Design
Categories : Office / Office 5,400 - 54,000 sq.ft. (500 - 5 000 sq. m.) : Platinum Winner, Gold Certification
Categories : Special Awards / Renovation (Before & After) : Gold Certification
Celebrating our 50th anniversary, we planned to renovate our own office for employees to work more comfortably and efficiently to adopt new next office and workstyle. Working closely together with internal PM, Workplace Consulting, Design, Graphic & Signage, and Construction team, we started internal workplace surveys to hear real employees’ voices. Based on the surveys, we reached the hybrid work concept and designed our office to create more open environment for all employees to communicate more freely. Due to the given base building floor plan which is very narrow and long widened, it prevented people to walk around the office to communicate from far end to the other side. There is a great canal view along window side; however, we couldn’t enjoy the great view because the blinds are closed almost all the time. In order to change the mind of employees to the new workstyle and workspace, we came up with the best layout for the employees to freely walk around the office to work together and collaborate. As an interior design company, we created the suitable space for the designers to spread drawings, sketches, materials and finishes with the dimming and color control lighting system with natural light. We took this great opportunity to try out new things to experiment. We also aimed to implement sustainable design in our new office space. We designed millwork with the standard manufactured size and use the leftover materials after cut-out in order to reduce the amount of waste. We also searched and selected sustainable products such as eco-friendly products made from recycled plastic bottles and upholstery can be returned to soil. We also used our own Eco-Furniture system to reuse existing furniture to reduce disposal.
Our new office is agile and flexible work environment for exchanging ideas, better communication, socializing, innovation, and networking to support our sustainability targets and work-life-balance.
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