A Current Issue in Interior Field
by kdr01821
This is the article about the interior design of one company in Korea. The design in the company has been issued among many people in this field because it is something new that focuses on interactive communication whithin workers and this is also eco-design.
‘Green factory’ is the first headquarters building of korea’s leading internet company,NHN. The primary focus of the 26-storey complex is to encourage and facilitate communication through the interior design and layout. A system of green vertical louvers change the face of the building throughout the day as it shifts to capture natural daylight.
In order to promote a healthy and fun workstyle, attention was paid to the details: instead of drab, concrete emergency stairs, the staircases are interactive (such as stretching exercises) or calming (with forest decal). The top floor is reserved for the community cafe, offering sweeping views of the gwangkyo bridge. Off to the side of the cafe is a small playground for informal meetings. The office spaces are divided into ‘hives’ or plazas that act as focal points for each floor’s work area with meeting rooms, canteens, bulletin boards, mailboxes, and tables for meetings or negotiation.
As you can see, green factory is designed under consideration of communication. I was taught by the chief designer of green factory for one semester in my university. And I visited the company and explored the interior details in the company which was a great opportunity to see good practical example of interior. The most impressive thing was there are 4 sounds to distinguish which area you parked your car. Sound is very easy to remember so the designer used sounds to design. Not only some example in this article but also there are many detailed and small things to make workers feel comfortable and easy to communicate each other. For example, there are recycled table on which game board is drawn in cafe space where people can play board game together. I think this is good for people to play and it is considered environment.
These days, the trend of design is how to make people communicate very well rather than having fancy design. At the same time we should think about environment of the earth. Eco-design is important as well. I think a designer has a duty to think about how to give better lifes to people considering communication or environment.