SOFTlab: designer werktag event space

‘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.

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. 

reds delineate areas of high use

mobile furniture can be moved to accommodate any spatial need

seats can be moved and clustered

interior space

vendor post

interior

a large open space subdivided by seating elements and ceiling feature

modular OSB seating units can be configured to make larger seats or tables

seating area

clusters of seats under string curtains

green colors define low activity areas, while purple denotes a more frequent use

ceiling installment form diagrams

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