Events planner’s ! home office
Nilufar Pulatova | Jacqueline Tamm | Isabel Nilsson Interior Design Academic, Semester II
Client description and “wish list” Our client, Viola, is a young woman in her thirties who organizes events from birthday parties to corporate gatherings. Viola lives in Florence, Italy in one of the historic buildings with a very high ceiling – 4.5m. She dedicated one room in her home to her event planning business. This room is used only for business purposes – she does not use it as her living room. Any video material related to events is viewed on her computer. On as-needed basis Viola hires an assistant who works closely with her. For this reason, our client asked for a table that would allow them to work together. As part of her job our client needs to meet with her clients in her office and will need a comfortable meeting area. Since there is a seasonality associated with events that Viola plans, she needs a storage area for things that are not used on a regular basis. In addition to this, she would like to have an area for displaying objects.
Inspiration / Color scheme
Wooden table top
Height of ceiling is 4.5m => high storage accessible with a ladder and recessed lights
Along the wall deak
Color scheme: white and yellow
Floorplan
Storage area
Meeting area Working area
Perspective views
Home office desk: orthographic and perspective drawings (in cm) Front view
Side view
Top view Shelf
Desk
Storage area rendering Custom frosted glass wall Small led lights to light up frosted glass wall
Coat rack
Storage: front view orthographic drawing Frosted Glass wall with a custom paEern.
Open closet for hanging clients’ coats
Open display shelves
Storage: side orthographic drawings (in cm)
Second level storage for off-seasonal event supplies
Coat closet
Storage: top orthographic drawings (in cm)! View from the second level
Second level storage for off-seasonal event supplies LED lights built into the flooring of the second level to create an effect of lightness and luminosity
Balloon inspired armchair: perspective view
Armchair: orthographic views (in mm) Front view
LeK side view
Right side view
Furniture board
Baloon ceiling lamps Line: Memory Designer: Boris Klimek
Carpet
Eames-Style Office Chair Collection
Low Table H 40cm W 110cm D 60cm
Modular sofa: 2 piece can be separated to become 2 arm chairs W90 x D90 x H 85 cm
Home office desk: joinery and materials The home desk is designed to have a long working space for 2 people - our client and her assistant who comes to help on as needed basis). Since our client often works on more than one event, the long desk is very useful for laying out paperwork potentially related to different projects. The table will be covered with 2 pieces of float sheet glass. The central part of the desk is supported by 60 cm wide drawer cabinets made of the same natural wood material for a frame and laminated plywood for a drawer bottoms. We will use dovetail joints for a construction of drawers which will slide to open on side mount drawer slides. Above the table we are placing a shelf constructed of the same wood material as the desk for displaying beautiful objects. The shelf is supported by 6 metal shelf supports. Under the shelf we will place 4 underthe-shelf lights. Table top material: The desk is made of 4 pieces of 1.5m long natural wood boards joined together using dowel joints.
Under the shelf lights by Ikea L42cm W 8cm H3cm
Desk metal supports: It will be supported by 4 metal supports.
Shelf metal supports: It will be supported by 6 metal supports.
Storage: joinery and materials The storage area will be built on 2 levels: 1st level for storing things used on a daily basis and displaying objects and 2nd level mezzanine type area for storing items used for off- seasonal parties (e.g., beach party supplies for beach parties). Cabinet frame: rustic looking unprocessed wood.
Glass part: (used for walls on the 2nd level mezzanine): custom frosted sheet glass with a Moroccan pattern
Joinery (book shelves) Steel shelf support
Joinery (2nd level storage): Heavy duty metal shelf
Material used for shelves: medium density white fiberboard (MDF) which is more economical and will provide a good load bearing capacity. Floor led lights Built under the frosted sliding door for a special light effect
Armchair: joinery and construction The armchair will be made of acrylic moulded as in a way that leaves the inside hollow for filling it, in our case, with confetti for a party theme. The mould has an opneningunder the seat for taking out confetti just in case our client would like to change a theme (e.g., rose petals for a wedding theme). Â
Acrylic material used for main construction
Yellow and grey confetti filling for inside of the chair
Cushions for the chair
Velcro to keep cushions from sliding