Wooden meeting rooms by Estelle Vincent include seating, lockers and a slide
Within the intricately moulded interiors of this Parisian office block, architect Estelle Vincent has inserted a trio of boxy timber meeting spaces – one of which is can be exited down a pale blue slide (+ slideshow).
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Parisian architect Estelle Vincent added the wooden structures to the Champs Elysees headquarters of marketing and data consultation firm Ekimetrics.
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"The challenge of the project was to find a way in this heterogeneous 1,000-square-metre space to carry an image that is both consistent and corresponding to the identity of Ekimetrics – mathematical in its expertise in marketing, as well as young, dynamic and artistic," said the architect.
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The shed-like spaces, all featuring slatted pale timber walls, were designed to provide semi-private meeting rooms and gathering spots within the open-plan office space. Each one was made by carpenter Fabric-K.
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"In order to maintain some privacy, the open spaces are connected or punctuated by various more informal areas such as informal conference rooms," added Vincent.
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The first structure, called Eki Cabin, sits in the centre of the lavishly decorated boardroom and contains a permanent office space for two people.
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An angular nook in its asymmetric gable is filled with 24 wooden box-stools that can be unpacked and stacked into tiered seating to accommodate large meetings within the outer space.
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The pale ply walls and minimalist design was intended as a deliberate contrast to the elaborate setting.
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Inserted between two banks of desks and two arched windows in another room is a smaller four-metre-cubed meeting space named Eki Cube.
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A triangular slice in one corner provides an entrance to a meeting room decorated with geometric-patterned paintwork. Sliding doors can be pushed across the opening to complete the cube.
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A flight of steps partially concealed behind the slatted exterior wall lead to an upper level crows nest perched just below the ceiling.
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From here staff can descend via a pastel-blue slide, which emerges from a wall covered in pigeonhole-style lockers.
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The largest of the three meeting spaces, the Eki Gallery, is slotted into a timber framework in the shape of a house.
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In the adjoining reception area, an L-shaped bracket printed with the company logo surrounds a soft seat area.
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In addition to these three cubes, Vincent added a fourth wooden structure in the staff canteen. Here, food is dispensed from a hatch in a giant and brightly coloured cut-out of a food truck, named Eki Truck.
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Photography is by Arnaud Schelstraete.
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