POP-UP Office from Dubbeldam Architecture+Design

Dubbeldam Architecture+Design is a Toronto based multi-disciplinary design studio recognized for creating innovative and environmentally responsible design solutions that are timeless and uniquely designed for each client and context. The studio’s design process is characterized by teamwork and intensive collaborative exchange, resulting in projects that reveal a conceptual clarity and are crafted with a meticulous attention to detail. Completed and current projects range from the design of single and multi- family housing, to commercial and institutional renovations, and includes landscape, furniture and installation design.

POP-UP Office installation is a concept space which attempts to answer the question “how do you work?” displayed as part of Toronto's Interior Design Show 2013. The exhibit is presented by steel space, a container-based event design company. Four studios were each given a shipping container to realize an idea for a workspace. Dubbeldam responded with 'pop-up office' a cubicle comprised of wooden modules made out of discarded shipping palettes that can be rearranged according to the user's needs. the modules are broadly divided by the concepts 'focus', 'collaborate', 'lounge' and 'refuel.' the project's aim was to create a working environment for a global culture, defined by dynamism and mobility; it's only requirements a work surface and a place to plug in. the interiors of the space function like a continuous skin that folds to provide seating and storage. [1]

Built out of reclaimed wood pallet boards and their frames, separate modules collectively form the modern work place facilitating both individual work and collaboration – a workspace, collaborative space, lounge area and refueling station. In sinuous forms, the reclaimed boards morph from the wall and floor into furniture elements, sanded where the human body comes in contact with the wood and left rough where it does not. The modules are comprised of separate planes (floor, wall, ceiling) and furniture elements that are assembled in different configurations. Modular shelves can be inserted into slots between wall boards, creating adjustable display and storage areas. Smaller ledges slide into gaps between the wood slats. [2]

[1] Ref. http://www.designboom.com/architecture/dubbeldam-architecture-design-pop-up-office-toronto/

[2] Ref. http://www.archdaily.com/332050/pop-up-office-installation-dubbeldam-architecture-design/