Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp by Evolution Design

Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp by Evolution Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award yn Goud in Ynterieurromte en Útstallingûntwerp Competition Category.

GoudYnterieur· 2018

Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp

by Evolution Design

Client: Evolution Design

A' Design Award yn Goud Winner in Ynterieur Category

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The Design

About Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp

It Dútske yngenieursbedriuw Puls ferhuze nei nije gebouwen en brûkte dizze kâns foar it visualisearjen en stimulearjen fan in nije gearwurkingskultuer binnen it bedriuw. It nije kantoarûntwerp driuwt in kulturele feroaring, mei teams dy't rapportaazje oer in wichtige ferheging fan ynterne kommunikaasje, benammen tusken ûndersyk en ûntwikkeling en oare ôfdielingen. It bedriuw hat ek in opkomst sjoen yn spontane ynformele gearkomsten, bekend as ien fan 'e wichtichste yndikatoaren fan sukses yn ûndersyks- en ûntwikkelingsynnovaasje.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Goud

Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Goud, in ekstreem prestisjeuze erkenning foar earste-klas, prachtige en treflike ûntwerpen. Goudwinners binne tige ynnovative, fisionêre en glamoureus ferbjusterjende skeppings dy't it sjeny, de wiisheid en de feardigens fan har ûntwerpers wjerspegelje. Fan Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige priizge, trendsettende en monumintale útfining is dy't unferlykbere wearde leveret. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Goud is in spektakulêr, respektearre projekt dat grutte foardielen bringt en de grinzen fan keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology ferleget. Puls Workplace Design Kantoarûntwerp makket yntinse gefoelens fan begearte, stekt passy oan, stimulearret kreativiteit en fassinearret ús.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Puls is a German high tech engineering company, which invests significant resources in research and development. The company considers their employees to be key to its ongoing success. Therefore, the HR department commissioned a new staff-centered workplace design to move the company culture away from islands of lonely workers towards a networked community. The design of the new workplace creates the optimal environment for this cultural change.
Dimensions & Packaging: 3300 m2 over two floors. 130 workstations.
Tags: office, interior, workplace, evolution design, engineering, Munich
Production Technology: Important part of the design was graphic concept for the walls. Based on the electrical components and the products that Puls produces, Evolution Design developed individual and unique graphic for each space. A special graphic was made for the Trust wall, which is built of individual words of what trust means to each employee. Additionally, an artist was commissioned to create one wall with a comic story of the past events of the company and great stories that everybody remembers.
Design Challenge: One of the main aims of the project was to increase communication and collaboration: unfortunately the existing building had only very unattractive fire escape staircase connecting the two floors. It took a lot of special structural and fire safety engineering as well as a lot of persuasion to get the building owner to agree to our new open internal staircase. Without it the project aims would have not been achievable.
Research: The move into a new office space was seen by Puls as a great opportunity to visualize and stimulate a new collaboration culture within the company. Many interactive and creative workshops were held with the staff to find out what would improve creativity, collaboration and innovation. These findings were the basis for the workplace design and many further organizational changes within the company. At a later stage, the staff tested all furniture items in a special prototyping room.
Inspiration: Puls seems themselves as a family living together in a small village: a tightly connected community where everyone knows each other, every team member has their own home, but there are also common areas for everyone to get together. The workplace design reflects this culture and focuses on connecting different departments to foster better teamwork and more direct communication: research and development, engineering and manufacturing teams are now closely connected with sales and marketing.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2016 in Munich and was complete in March 2017.
Operation Flow: The work environment is developed around the concept of a small village. Each team is located in a distinct neighborhood, with individual colors and a bold graphic concept defining and demarcating the space and helping to navigate and orientate within the office. Each team uses their neighborhood for fast and easy interaction between them. For a wider collaboration everybody meets in the village marketplace.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Evolution Design, 2017
Team Members: Stefan Camenzind, Tanya Ruegg, Claudia Berkefeld, Natalia Maciejowska, Kate Lasikowski
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2017. Image #2: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2017. Image #3: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2017. Image #4: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2017. Image #5: Photographer Peter Wuermli, 2017.