Paris-based ARRO Studio has transformed a 19th-century warehouse into the design studio for British shoe brand Clarks, adding factory-shaped volumes that property meeting rooms and offices (+ slideshow).
The new studio was developed for designers operating on the company’s Clarks Originals line. It is located inside a factory that was part of Clarks’ 1st industrial web site in Somerset, England, created in 1825 – one thing the team had been keen to reflect in their design and style.
“The contemporary factory inside the office embodies our reinterpretation of the historical C&J Clarks surrounding buildings striking functions, including triangular roof tops of the previous shoe factory and the form of the central brick chimney,” explained ARRO Studio. “The volume encompasses the director’s office, a storage area and a huge meeting area.”
Although the director’s workplace is enclosed inside of white walls, the meeting and storage rooms are each totally visible by way of glazed panels and glass sliding doors.
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Other office interiors that feature meeting rooms in glazed volumes contain a the headquarters of a children’s clothing producer in Estonia, and a shared doing work space within a Basel machine factory.
In the centre of the space, ARRO put in an eight-metre-long wooden table that is constructed close to the current metal columns.
Cork partitions suspended from the ceiling beams slide and rotate – enabling employees to produce workspaces depending on their needs.
“The main thought for this workplace is to encourage creativity and optimise exchanges among the designers, developers and item managers even though addressing the challenges and respecting the flow of the footwear style procedure,” the architects mentioned.
Integrated storage programs had been additional throughout the office, which includes under-seat spaces and wall of gridded shelves constructed from sheets of pine.
A “shoe wall” is utilized to show footwear designs, and attributes handles that open and flip the wall into a giant closet.
A lampshade produced from draped pieces of leather hide hangs above a lounge and kitchen region, which is situated opposite the leather storage facility.
Clarks was founded in 1825 by brothers Cyrus and James Clark in Somerset, England. The brand’s most recognisable items contain the Desert Boot – an ankle-higher boot with crepe sole – and the moccasin-inspired Wallabee shoe.
