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ABEIJÓN- FERNÁNDEZ Architecture Office
Franze

Figure 1. Outside View

Figure 2. Floor Plan

 Figure 3. Front View Figure 4. Key Plan

Introduction:

Client: José Abeijón, MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ

Location: C/ Juan Flórez 118, 1º, 15005 A Coruña. España.

Architect: José Abeijón, MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ

Area: 2185 sqm

Completion Date: 2007

Design concept:

The architects of this project are also the studio owners and directors. The project aimed to make

the most of the natural light, making this the vertebral element of the spaces, and to use it as a

vehicle to express the architects’ perception regarding the different components of the

composition.Simplicity has been the guiding principle for design of the workspace, which has

been transmitted by way of diverse elements that create a positive, welcoming, and calm

atmosphere. The treatment of the furnishings and the walls ascribes to this concept.Three main

areas integrate this project’s functional spaces. A hall separates the area for receiving the public

from the work area. The public area comprises a waiting area, two offices, a meeting room, a

toilet, and a coatroom.

 The work area includes a space with no partitions for

general work, an area for printing and working with

plans, a filing space, and a room for the installations.

There areas are delineated by way of different ceiling

heights.

Figure 5. Working Area

Colour Scheme:

About this company, the color schemes are based on achromatic colour which are white, black and

gray. It is very simple and clean, making the design style more like modern.

Materials and Finishes:

The furniture, designed exclusively for

this project, with the only exception of the

chairs, harmonizes in its whiteness with

the ceiling and floor achieving a white

envelope is an elongated piece of

furniture, which is the reference point of

this area’s configuration.

Figure 6. Furniture
 Figure 7. Section View Figure 8. Section View 2

rior View can also see

Design the color skin is
d gray .and the office
floors and two
o for the Office part
g the top part .For the
re are using the
wall which is all
and for the other two
over by walls with few

Figure 9. Exterior View

Buubble Diagram
1.3.6 Function Chart

Zone Type Size Functions & Activities Adjacency Remarks

(%)
Staff Lounge Club 8 the first point of contact for Board
visitors, carries out a variety of Meeting room
tasks
Prainting Den 11 formal room for larger decision Lobby/
Area making and presentations Waiting area
Filing Room Club 7 private to employees only to Offices
prepare n eat food
Junior Club 5 involves the electrical wiring Entrance
Designer and computer server
Work Station
Reception Club 9 area to be seated in before an Offices
Area appointment
Store Room Hive 7 space to store additional supplies Near Offices
n filing
Intermediate Hive 9 general tasks, independent work Management
Designer Offices
Senior Cell 6 responsible for the day to day Executive
Designers running of the operation Offices
Office
Toilet Cell 16 decision making and delegation Waiting Area
Technical Core 7 buildings core includes Entrance
Area electrical, plumbing
Entrance Circ 15 the total area needed for people
to move between spaces
Total 100
%
1.3.2 Floor Plan
 Figure 45 – Floor plan of Nigeria office
(maps.google.com)

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company or The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria’s building consists
of several levels. This is the floor plan of the first floor of The Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s
offices. As we perceives from the floor plan itself, the core of the building is the stairs that is
formed as a triangular shape with a large generic space in the back of the stairs. Before the stairs,
there’s two of entry door that leads to the two divisions of the office. The two divisions are
interconnected to each other at the back of the building.
The offices are mostly consisted of general executive rooms in the left side of the floor
plan, with a circular shape space that is designed to fit a set of seats and tables for a small
discussion spaces or a casual meeting room. The executive room then consisted of a small
concierge desk. And also some seating area are displayed with a set of table and chair reserved
for customers or clients and the employees handling marketing area.
The general office for general employees are designed with an open-office concept
which means there aren’t any special room that is designed for them, instead, the work-desk for
the general employees are designed and been planned at the middle of the circulation area of
the walkway.
1.3.3 Floor Plan Zoning

Figure 46 – Floor plan zoning of Nigeria office

(maps.google.com)

This is the zoning plan of the initial floor plan of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria, South Africa.
From this Zoning plan, it has been categorized by Hive, Cell, Den and Club in 4 different colours to
represent it’s zoning. Hive patterns of work is a work broken down into smallest components and
carried out by staff who are given precise intructions and little discretion. In this zoning it is
shown as the generic offices which is created for general employees. Cell pattern of work is a
high-level work carried out by talented independent individuals (isolated knowledge work). Cell is
a community of various specialized work, Cell is shown in this floor plan as the Executives office.
Den is project or other group work of a straightforward kind needing a changing balance of
different independent skills. Den is to gather and mix of peoples like meeting rooms which has
the ability of occupancy of spaces. Meanwhile club is a high-level work carried out by talented
independent individuals who need to work both collaboratively and individually, work process
constantly being redesigned.
1.3.4 Floor Plan Circulation

Circulation refers to the way people move through between one space to another. In public
buildings, circulation is a really important elements that should be paid attention to. It is a key to
have a floor plan that allows continuous movement while minimizing the necessity to retrace
one’s steps, allowing the individual to move around in their own ways. Structures such as
elevators, escalators, and staircases are often referred to as circulation elements, as they are
positioned and designed to optimize the flow of people through a building. In The Coca-Cola
Company in Berlin, the effective circulation is shown above with the green arrow symbolizes the
rough examples of the possible walkways that is effective for the interior space circulation.

Figure 47 – Floor plan circulation of Nigeria office

(maps.google.com)
1.3.5 Bubble Diagram
1.3.6 Function Chart
Zone Type Size Functions & Activities Adjacency Remarks
(%)
Lobby/ Club 8 the first point of contact for Board
Waiting Area visitors, carries out a variety of Meeting room
tasks
Board Den 11 formal room for larger decision Lobby/
Meeting making and presentations Waiting area
Room
Kitchen & Club 7 private to employees only to Offices
Utility prepare n eat food
Comms room Club 5 involves the electrical wiring Entrance
and computer server
Waiting Area Club 9 area to be seated in before an Offices
appointment
Storage Hive 7 space to store additional Near Offices
supplies n filing
Open Plan Hive 9 general tasks, independent work Management
Office System Offices
Management Cell 6 responsible for the day to day Executive
Offices running of the operation Offices
Executive Cell 16 decision making and delegation Waiting Area
Offices
Technical Core 7 buildings core includes Entrance
Area electrical, plumbing
Circulation Circ 15 the total area needed for people
to move between spaces
Total 100
%
 1.3.7 Analysis of Spaces

Coca-Cola in Nigeria looks more formal and

not so appealing and unique if we compare it
with the other branches such as Berlin and
Canada. Eventough it doesn’t look too nice in
design term, as in not creative enough, but the
office still designed with the essence of Coca-
Cola trademarks logo and colors.

Figure 10 – Inside View of Nigeria Office

(maps.google.com)

This is the picture of the general offices with the

generic armchairs that is designed specially for long working hours usage, with an armrests and
also backrests. We can see that there’s a cubby units which is placed on the left side of the spaces
to store some miscellanous things by the
employees.

Figure 11 – Inside View of Nigeria Office

(maps.google.com)

Some spaces in the offices are still decorated

with a couple of murals in the wall with some
decorations or even ornaments and photographs
hanged on the wall. The lightings are created in the form of wall-washing technique with a clean-
white colour. The floor material are made of
Figure 12 – Inside View of Nigeria Office wood parquet with a little touch of glossy
(maps.google.com)
finishes.
 Glass partitions to divide between some spaces
is sometimes considered as a neccessity and
also considered as a type of design. By
dividing the spaces with glass partitions, it
allows the people inside the room to have a
private little conversation or casual meeting
without having to hear the other unrelevant
sounds from the outside but still able to have a

Figure 13 – Inside View of Nigeria Office

(maps.google.com)

glance on what’s the other doing outside of the

room.

A typical general offices would look like this

but in Coca-Cola, the furnitures are designed
and covered with decorative paints and typography such as the cubicle numbers and the quotes at
the small chairs and the column.

Figure 14 – Inside View of Nigeria Office

(maps.google.com)

This room is believed as a casual

lounging area for the employees
which is designed with lots of murals
in the wall including the pop-art
paintings/photos of Coca-Cola ads and
also the desk which is decorated with
the typography “hot desk” in the
column which is maybe to describe
what kind of table is that. The ceiling
design is not that unique and eye-
Figure 15 – Inside View of Nigeria Office catching even tough Coca-Cola
(maps.google.com) implies the little cubes of colours to
 pop up the whole look of the interior
spaces.

MOD Office/ Ministry of Design

Figure 14. The Exterior Figure 15. The Key Plan

Design Concept

Inhabiting 6 converted shop house units at the confluence of Singapore’s historic

Chinatown area and the CBD, Ministry of Design’s own design studio employs the same
key principles which govern its approach to design – typological relevance, a disciplined
material and tonal palette and an ‘essential’ concept. From the firm: "We feel strongly
that open communication is key to innovation and creativity; as such, our space would be
without hierarchy or barriers, a truly open office.  All new interventions are conceived as
objects within the landscape of the existing space and are designed to remain visually 
separated.  The entry Gallery space allows for constant renewal and an avenue to express
ourselves without needing to reinvent the entire studio.
Introduction:

Architects: Ministry of Design (MOD)

Location: Singapore, Singapore

Address: 20 Cross Street
#03-01 China Court
Singapore 048422

Contractor: Interior Composite

The MOD (Ministry of Design) was created by Colin Seah. An integrated spatial-design practice,

MOD’s explanations are created amidst a democratic ‘studio-like’ atmosphere and progress

seamlessly between form, site, object and space. The headquarter of MOD is in Singapore while

there are offices in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Beijing (China).

MOD was looking for a space where they can

include their whole office in a single floor at that

time. They feel that open communication is the key

to innovation and creativity. They wanted to create a

truly open office. A big space where everyone can

communicate easily, work together and know each

other well. Therefore, their main concept is from the idea they want to have a big space to work

together. They did create a big space with

less door and totally opened.

The desks in the working zone are

arranged in order. People who

Figure 16. Working Office

sharing a desk are facing to each

other. It feels like doing reports or research in a big library. People may not feel so
stress and can have a good communication between each other. More windows are
provided in this working zone.

The linear series of spaces within the studio are choreographed in between the perimeter of twin
datum lines- which form circulation axes spanning the entire space. Mirrored terminus points
elongate these axes and become daily “catwalks”. All new interventions are conceived as objects
within the landscape of the existing space and are designed to remain visually separated.

Figure 17. Work Stations

 The entrance of the office is special. It is the

revolving door. This is interesting and makes the

all black painted wall not so boring and dull.

The library is finished in an unfinished timber

Figure 18.Enturnce Door
and tectonically, it provides a more relaxed

environment as a counter point to the rest of the space.

Figure 19. Gallery

Form and Aesthetics

The work areas are intentionally pure black and white (figure7 & figure 8).

The colors that used in this office are really simple without any exaggerate colors such as yellow

or green. By playing with

black and white, it makes a

big contrast but comfortable

look for the eyes.

White also helps to make the

office brighter and spacious.

The most interesting room is

the small meeting room. The whole office played

with black and white but the meeting room is whole

in red colour. It is really bold to do a whole red

colour room in a black and

Figure 20. Stairs Figure 21. Meeting room
white office.

From the floor plan can see that there is only door

for the main entrance, conference room, meeting

room 2 and the play area. The whole work space is opened. The space that highlighted with blue

box is the work area while the space that highlighted with the red box is the interaction area.

Floor Plan

This is the MOD office (Ministry of Design) that located in Singapore, Chinatown. This
office to be describe in 4 different terms which is Hive, Den, Cell and Club. The highlighted
in red which is Hive are where all the staff work together in the same area but still the space
are divided will small component and is the largest space taken in the entire office. Den,
which is blue color highlighted in the floor plan are the meeting room. Beside, that Den are
the space that combine with 2 function which is meeting and work. On the other hand, Cell
in green highlight are the space are open for public such as pantry or library. The last but
not least, Club is the place where worker need a break out of the work to take a rest is in the
play area that are highlighted in purple.
 Bubble Diagram

Figure 22. Bubble Diagram

Function Chart

Zone Type Size Functions & Activities Adjacency Remark

(%) s
Meeting Den 8 the first point of contact for Board
Room 1 visitors, carries out a variety of Meeting
tasks room
Meeting Den 11 formal room for larger Lobby/
Room decision making and Waiting area
presentations
Material Hive 7 private to employees only to Offices
Library prepare n eat food
Area
Play Area Club 5 involves the electrical wiring Entrance
and computer server
Pantry Cell 9 area to be seated in before an Offices
appointment
Work Cell 7 space to store additional Near Offices
Station supplies n filing
Material Hive 9 general tasks, independent Management
Library work Offices
&Painting
Area
Conference Cell 6 responsible for the day to day Executive
Room running of the operation Offices
Gallery Cell 16 decision making and Waiting Area
Area delegation
Storage Hive 6 buildings core includes Entrance
electrical, plumbing
Server Hive 6 the total area needed for
Room people to move between
spaces
Entrance Circulatio 6
n
Total 100
%

Net –relationship between client and company

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