Office employees insist that the labyrinthine layout of the design is just as easy to get used to as the mottled walls. Several reference points including green toilet blocks, black elevator and stairwell units, and the reception facilitate user orientation. Other familiar elements are the pattern of light fixtures, floating radiant-heating panels and cabinets. In practice, the division makes good sense, as the heightened activity that characterises the design team sometimes clashes with the calmness and solitude of the business area. In the creative section computers hum, photos and prints adorn the walls and an occasional kitsch desk lamp or personal memento catches the eye.
Workstations offer no room for consultation or relaxation, however.
Strijkers designed a special zone for this purpose. In the concept phase, she visualised a space without doors. The idea evolved into a separate area that features a stage, a rear wall and a lowered ceiling that covers the space like a tent awning. The zone is divided into an open kitchen flanked on both sides by lunch areas, as well as a living room . Seated at a lunchroom table, one can imagine being a tourist with a view of daily activities in a foreign workplace.