‘designer werktag’ by SOFTlab, munich, germany all images courtesy of SOFTlab

 

 

 

co-founder of designer werktag glas trösch commissioned american design studio SOFTlab to design the interior of the ‘2012 designer werktag’ event space in munich, to be used the following year as a showroom. needing to accommodate a variety of uses from vendors’ product booths to group events and lectures, the design features tapering mobile oriented strand board (OSB) seating and table fixtures mimicking extruded pieces of a voronoi tesselation that can be combined into several configurations.

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space speech at the main presentation space

 

 

 

the hanging ceiling fringes, laid out in the same pattern as the chair designs, define the character and division of the gallery, lit up by vertical colored lights that use a range of hues to delineate each function. ‘hotter’ tones of reds and oranges mark the active sections while ‘cooler’ blues and greens illuminate areas of less traffic. the string curtains change depths to become walls, subdividing smaller rooms or creating larger meeting halls. 

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space reds delineate areas of high use

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space mobile furniture can be moved to accommodate any spatial need

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space seats can be moved and clustered

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space interior space

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space vendor post

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space interior

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space a large open space subdivided by seating elements and ceiling feature

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space modular OSB seating units can be configured to make larger seats or tables

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space seating area

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space clusters of seats under string curtains

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space green colors define low activity areas, while purple denotes a more frequent use

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space ceiling installment form diagrams

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space axonometric

SOFTlab: designer werktag event space axonometric