Being as yet unoccupied, it was an empty shell to start with… Inhouse's second goal was to create a fully functioning environment to suit the client's daily business needs and the third, was to reflect the creative nature of the agency and its employees.īefore starting any design work, an extensive study into the company's daily activities was undertaken. Fantastic views wrap around the building, taking in the harbour and Devil's Peak. There is a magnificent double-volume interior partly broken by a mezzanine level, and one floor below. The 3000 square meter premises occupy the top three levels of the Atlantic Centre, a new office development on Cape Town's eastern foreshore. Inhouse approached the design process with several key goals, the first, being to enhance the already spectacular site. When Inhouse Brand Architects was approached to create the new Cape Town offices of top local advertising agency 99c, its interior design team used the opportunity to produce an extraordinary - yet more efficient - work environment that sounds the death knell of the conventional office. The architects sent us the following project description: Surfaces painted burnt orange, blue, black and lime green are used to demarcate meeting areas and reference the client's brand identity, while dome pendants with brightly coloured interiors add an extra splash of colour. Simple and sustainable materials such as pine and chunky chipboard introduce tactile surfaces that contrast with the building's concrete floor and steel framework.
Elsewhere, plants create green walls that visually separate some of the rooms.
Greenery is used throughout the interior, including in an indoor garden that features six potted trees and cafe furniture positioned on a wooden platform. An existing staircase ascending to a mezzanine above the ninth floor was also replaced with a new wooden structure that resembles bleacher-style benches and incorporates steps that can be used as seating.Ī large projection screen can be lowered so the steps become a screening room for watching films or reviewing work, while the space underneath the wooden addition hides a small kitchen.
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