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Factory Office

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FACTORY OFFICE

Factory Office & Envelope — Carton-Packaging Plant The proposal pairs a streamlined, elliptical massing with a high-performance façade that wraps the production hall and office wing as one cohesive volume. A ribbon of curtain wall with horizontal aluminum louvers provides controlled daylight and long, panoramic views over the site, while insulated metal panels and precast base walls deliver durability and thermal continuity. A double-height glazed entrance with a projecting canopy marks the public address; loading docks and service yards are screened on the rear elevation to keep logistics legible and separate from visitors. At night, linear LEDs underline the curvature of the building and the vertical signage fin.

Key architectural/technical moves • Curved, unified envelope with ribbon glazing and external louvers for solar control and glare reduction. • Double-skin moments at the office façade; thermally broken frames and insulated panels for energy performance. • Clear separation of flows: visitors/public front; logistics/loading to the rear with covered docks. • North-oriented roof monitors/skylights to daylight the production hall; daylight harvesting controls. • Acoustic strategy (STC-rated glazing, floating ceilings, NRC≥0.8 baffles) between office and machinery zones. • MEP zoning: displacement ventilation in offices, high-volume extraction and dust-collection over converting/printing lines. • Fire compartments and egress sized to the structural grid; exposed services kept legible for maintenance.

Inside, the office program—reception, administration, design/sample studio, meeting rooms, and staff areas—sits as a quiet “box within the box,” acoustically decoupled from the manufacturing floor. Full-height acoustic glazing offers visual oversight to production without transmitting noise or dust. Open-plan work zones use modular furniture, integrated cable management, and tunable 4000K LED task lighting; meeting rooms and phone booths feature slatted wood acoustic panels and fabric baffles for speech privacy. Hard-wearing finishes—epoxy or polished concrete in circulation, HPL and oak veneers at touch points—balance industrial robustness with a refined corporate identity.

Plan inspired by the paper sheet. Our office layout abstracts the life of a carton sheet—grain, scoring and folding—into architecture. A central spine follows the production axis, while radial “creases” organize zones: reception and client areas at the tip, open studios and meetings along the arcs, support spaces at the root. Curved glazed partitions act as folds, guiding circulation and providing acoustic separation without losing transparency. A modular 1.20 m grid—echoing die-cut patterns—lets teams reconfigure quickly with minimal MEP impact. Light laminates, perforated acoustic panels and linear lighting reference the materiality and rhythm of paper processing.