This is what the offices of the future will be like…
If we imagine the offices of the future, We probably visualize it very similar to the company's offices S-Game, Located in Beijing. This company is one of the leading Chinese developers of mobile games and original IP content. Its series «Phantom Blade» has successfully launched three generations of mobile games.
The studio LYCS Architecture He was in charge of the design of the offices, distributed on a single floor of 1.500 m2The project should reflect the company's corporate culture and the dream universe of video game creators. The question they started working on was: what kind of office space does the dream creator from the gaming world?
The world of Phantom Blade
The design inspiration came from the team of video game designers themselves, as weavers of dreams and the world they created in their famous game. In this way, the dreamlike effects and create an immersive office space with a feeling immersive from space.
The world in which «Phantom Blade» takes place is called «Shadow Realm», a semi-spatial world based on the arts martial traditional and with content from the literary subgenre of science fiction steampunkIt's inspired by ancient Chinese martial arts legends, but surrounded by mystery, darkness, and a distorted energy that seems to take over this dystopian world.
An interior forest
The tree structures, With a metal trunk and a canopy of layers of wood that extends over the floor as a shadow, they structure the entire space and define the different zones. For example, the social area is composed of a small kitchen, a bar, and an atrium of steps with bookcases on the sides. The Panton chairs in silver, a nod to the video game Phantom Blade.
Dark exteriors
Black is the result of absorbing all the colors of the visible spectrum and is the dominant color of the shadow realm. From this premise, it is very game, different ones have been used levels of darkness, creating a rich texture and a sense of layering that extends in all directions, as if we were entering a world of shadows.
El roof, with the structure and pipes exposed, is completely black, but the light lines stand out, like laser swords or trails of spatial light. meeting rooms They have been insulated with glass partitions with a black gradient effect that simulates a mini world inside a glass bubble.
Light interiors
In contrast to the dark outside universe, the interiors of the rooms are clear and bright, with an abundant presence of wood and white, silver and transparent furniture. All spaces seem designed to be reproduced in spaceships or in ultra-futuristic universes.
The three scenarios of the management office
Special mention deserves the office from the CEO of S-Game, an interactive space that recreates different scenes, depending on the occasion: day or nacho space, or with windows completely closed by metal blinds. Everything in this space is designed and chosen with great care: the silver-colored furniture, mostly by Roche Bobois; the spectacular table by Calligaris; the stone top of the meeting table with curved grooves; the lamps of indefinite shapes and even the design of the carpet, the handles or the pencil holder. There is no doubt that the design of these offices has been influenced by creators from the dream worlds of video games.
Photos: Zhu Yumeng via OfficeSnapShots
