Unit B4 by MAKE Hides a Contemporary Wooden Office Within an Industrial Shell

Posted By Ana Lisa Alperovich On December 12, 2012 @ 4:10 pm In Architecture,Green renovation,Green Resources,Recycled Materials | No Comments

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Property group Goodman ^[6] wanted a new office space, so they called up MAKE Creative Studio ^[7] to do the job. Located within a warehouse ^[8] in Sydney´s Alexandria area, the space needed to be simple, cost-effective and intimate enough to allow employees to work in close collaboration. Called Unit B4, this exciting workspace was created using recycled and affordable materials under a big industrial shell.

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The modern Unit B4 was designed to house Goodman’s South Sydney ^[9] team and to also operate as a showroom to exhibit work to clients visiting the office. The space has a long common desk with a sculptural wooden frame enclosing industrial luminaries and some meeting rooms, all of which help bring the shelters’ large scale to a more human one. MAKE designed the meeting rooms as simple plywood ^[10] boxes that offer an intimate space for making plans and talking privately when needed.

The polished concrete floors are low-maintenance, durable and affordable, and complete the raw unfinished look of the unique office ^[11] space. The furniture was also designed by MAKE and built by a local manufacturers reusing salvaged timber from Goodman’s other sites. The bathrooms offer a darker more graphic space with its reuse of 44 gallon drums ^[12] as sinks and storage bins, and a fantastic photo-wallpaper of Goodman’s other locations completes the look.

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[6] Goodman: http://www.goodman.com/

[7] MAKE Creative Studio: http://www.makecreativestudio.com/

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