Take a look into the world of internationally renownd Industrial Design firm ‘Ziba Design’. Their new headquarters.
42,000 sq ft
Parking for 60 bikes
200+ seating auditorium
16 project rooms
Outdoor areas
That space, founder Sohrab Vossoughi explains, serves several functions: once rented, the retail will help offset the considerable expense of construction; it encompasses some portions of the headquarters that would be less practical on higher floors, like the model shop and parking space for 60 bicycles; and it elevates studios and project rooms full of confidential material out of easy view. This “box on a plinth” construction has already been explored by Portland’s giddy architecture press, and the effect is oddly charming: a sparse, airy box whose presence has been literally jacked up. The moment of the building’s unveiling, too, adds to the impression of loftiness and improbability: at a time when design consultancies across the globe are shedding staff and costs, the construction of anything grander than a shack imparts a sense of optimism bordering on foolhardiness.
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