White-Portfolio by Oscar Engroba

PORTFOLIO OF WORKS

OSCAR ENGROBA

Any idea is created from a white canvas

ABOUT ME 2008

atelie*r studio with Ana Roque

2007

Msc Interior Design ELISAVA Design School of Barcelona

2006

Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Architecture (Honours) University of A Coruña-Spain Thesis: Public Library in ‘De las flores’ neighborhood

Experience in projects of different fields, as well as in the conception, devolopment and construction’s management of them.

INDEX

01 Yakuta Bar 02 LS Houses 03 Trasmuros 04 CAD 07 Exhibition 05 MACUF Exhibition 06 CDG Shoes store 07 Diagonal Office 08 Eventsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pavilion 09 BCN Housing 10 Public Library 11 Studio + Housing

YAKUTA BAR interior refurbishment of a bar barcelona 2008

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BROKEN GEMSTONE The project was the refurbishment of a bar located in the city centre of Barcelona. One of the determining factors of the design was that this space was to be used not only at night but also throughout the day. Also, the budget was very low. The fundamental point was to make this bar stand out from all the other bars on the same street The concept was born from the word ‘Yakuta’, which is an arabic word for ‘precious stone’. Following the concept of ‘the stone’, we laid out the distribution of spaces and designed the various pieces of the project. The proposal comprises two separate areas (day and night), which are connected by a corridor that has an homogeneous MDF surface covered in black microcement. Adjacent to the corridor, the service areas are located (kitchen and toilets). The most important area is at the front of the premises - right next to the street, thus attracting passersby. Therefore, the bar itself is the main attraction. For this, we created a wooden-structured MDF monolith which we covered in yellow formica. This stands out like an inverted and fragmented gem in which the colour naturally flows from one piece to the next. In order to emphasize its different sides, we placed black metallic profiles on the edges. Next to the bar, covering a structural column, we placed another polygonal piece with the same characteristics as the bar. This not only conceals pipework, but also makes the whole bar area stand out. To take this idea further, we proposed a black and white palette for the rest of the space which allows the illumination to modify the environment. Continuing with the theme of polygonal forms, we created a porch which frames the main access and transfers the view of the exterior to the interior and vice versa. To construct this we used MDF finished with matte white lacquer, which contrasts with the pre-existing concrete coating on the walls that, to meet the low budget, we had to keep. However, its texture was accentuated by the use of indirect and grazing light.

1. Day zone 2. Kitchen 3. Toilets 4. Black corridor 5. Nigth zone

AA’ Section

Floor plan

Bar detail

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BB’ Section

Front view

AA’ Section

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Graphic Design According to white-black idea, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed an indentity card, with the barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name in white and a black matt background

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LS HOUSES four square design problem Finalist Design Competition Shickenchiku 2008

It is essential that the architect creates works that are though provoking, sense provoking, and ultimately life provoking. (â&#x20AC;Ś)

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PUBLIC, COMUNITARIAN AND PRIVATE (…) It is essential that the architect creates works that are though provoking, sense provoking, and ultimately life provoking. (…) John Hejduk Based in the Garden City’s statements, we create a three layers strategy, which enables different levels of privacy and social behaviors: public, communitarian and private. In order to achieve this spatial stratification we use a 4,5 x 4,5 x 4,5m module, established by the subdivision of the original grid, which will configure heights, separations and ultimately the house’s volumes, as well as a spatial element, the stair. Our is a ‘volume and stair exercise’, developed within a three dimensional grid. The apparent rigidity of the grid and its limits is dematerialized: in the public level by integrating a natural topography and elements, such as circular decentralized pillars and trees, between public and communitarian spaces. “Technique and nature” applied so the public ground level becomes a fluid, almost diaphanous, space. Communitarian level is configured by extensions made to house’s volumes, which also dematerialize the grid limits as well as creates other less rigid ones, with the employ of deploye. This way, we intersect rigid platonic geometries with natural causality, of the imperfect and mutable. Nature is converted in industrial. in nature. Also using the referred module we create the volumes that configure houses plus the private level. Houses are configured by addition of these cubes within a tridimensional grid - wish allows its rotation - in order to provoke higher interior spaces, double height spaces and singular views of the exterior as well as escalation of houses. Houses are placed symmetrically within the grid. This way, and because of an accurate placing of openings, each house as unique views that never gets crossed.

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ACCESS ELEMENTS

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ORIGINAL ORIGINAL

TOPOGRAPHY

TOPOGRAPHY ORIGINAL TOPOGRAPHY

Public Ground Level

Communitarian Level

‘L’ House Distribution-Function

‘S’ House Distribution-Function

Houses The living spaces of the houses are distributed in three levels. We create a bedroom within a suspended box, with an access to terrace. Of the rest spaces, are ‘invaded’ for stairs.

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TRASMUROS AWARD- Competition COAC-HORMIPRESA Spain.

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New prototypes of prefabricated housing 2008

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through the wall The disposition of this â&#x20AC;&#x153;thickâ&#x20AC;? wall allows to organise, arrange the spaces and accomodate all the installation elements of the house. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a facade that goes through the inhabitable space, allowing to congregate the spaces in parallel lines, allowing a more versatile interior. This achieves to create of private (bedrooms and study) and public (lounge and kitchen) modules. It generates a filter, an ambiguous space between the interior spaces and exterior yard that allows these to connect. This is a limit that surges from the exterior to be introduced into the interior space. This wall is extended because there is also a need to create exterior spaces (garage), letting the surroundings unite the interior and the exterior. This implemented wall, gives more constructive flexibility to the compound, and improves the construction system of Hormipresa. Consequently, the corridors disappear and the bathroom is a unit that can be segregated and used at the same time, depending on the inhabitants. The wall as an axis, is the main configurating element of the house. Therefore, the generated flexible spaces adapt to the needs of the client. This allows to fewer structural elements, creating clearer spaces.

DYNAMIC CORE 2.

1. Entrance 2. Yard 3. Living 4. Cooking-Dining 5. Sleeping-Working 6. Toilet

Floor plan

Distribution Options

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.The Family.

.Versatility + Outdoor.

FIXED CORE

DYNAMIC CORE

Wall Concept

1. Empty

2.Movement

3.Addiction

House Units Private

Public - Ktichen

Public - Living

Yard

Bathroom Functionality

Shared

Union

Bathroom

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Constructive Section 1. Front Panel 2. Concrete foundation beam 3. Prefabricated concrete plate of floor 4. Precast concrete panel slab for roof inversed 5. Interior wall of drywall type â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Knaufâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 6. Suspended ceiling 7. Glass facade 8. Metal-louvre sliding blinds 9. Mineral rendering 10. Space avaliable for blinds

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Interior view

Model views

CAD 07 Casa Decor Barcelona Exhibition of interior design 2007

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interior

ONE, TWO, THREE m3, is a project for new lifestyles. The living habits have changed. In recent years, to share a flat is a viable alternative for living. Due to the growing population in some cities, some people find themselves sharing and living in more and more smaller spaces. The proposal is a mobile and multiple space, which adapts to the needs and habits of the inhabitants. The project starts from the lifestyles of the three ocupants, with different proffesions and lifestyles. For instance, working at home; the part-time use of day space; etc. For this reason, a housing space where the bedrooms are only used for sleeping and wardrobe, a the maximum space is generated to be used as common areas. Elevating the bedrooms, an interior urbanism is created within this huge space. These cubes, accentuate a richer space, that due to the alternation of heights and light, turns into a dynamic and flexible one, more in tune to living habits nowadays.

Existing space The space was an old textil factory in barcelona,it was compartimentalised for creating the different atmospheres in CasaDecor.

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1. Hall-Entrance 2. Living 3. Kitchen 4. Bathroom 5. Working space 6. Exit-Entrance

Floor Plan

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Proposed Space Three moduls-bedrooms, with different colours. And whiteblack colours join all enviroment.

Concepts

The space is created with three inhabited stairs. The light models the space through the emptiness . The bathroom is opened in ground floor, is separated in three function-places, therefore, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used simultaneously, maximazing his funcionality

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IX International mostra MACUF - A Coru単a (Spain) International exhibition of art. 2006

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exhibition

HIDDEN PERCEPTIONS Staging of the IX Mostra Internacional de Arte (A Coru単a). It is based on perception, a quality that unifies the arts. The vision and interpretation of the artist, in many cases distorted, is what creates the art itself. Seeking to suggest this vision or interpretation, this exhibit utilises materials which filter the vision of the observer. This also allows to separate or unify the space. The main hall is embraced by a metallic mesh that guides the onlooker through the works of art. This same material creates the supports for the art that flight over the floor. The pieces are arranged hanging from these supports or the ceilings, avoiding the real wall. While in the next room, a path of bubble wrap is generated to guide the viewers, letting them circulate within the spaces.

Concept images This images, show the variation of artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; percpetions, trhough of differents filters.

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Materials Bubble plastic, metal mesh and two types of foams. They were used to create of art backdrop.

The Light The works of art were showed through back lighting. This effect was achieved with fluoresctents light.

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CDG Shoes store Master’s Degree in Interior design ELISAVA- Design School- BCN Conceptual flagship shoes’ store Comme des Garçons 2007

UNCOMMON OBJECTS This project arises from the needs for a shoe store franchise, where the storage space is most important. The proposal is based on arranging the shoe boxes aligned with the perimeter of the space. On one hand, these boxes will showcase the ephemeral quality of fashion (by displaying a different image depending on the collection) and on the other, they manifest the evolution of the store. To that effect, the space is characterised by its commercial interactivity and its ability to easily mutate. The former is achieved through a sales system in which the client serves himself, so that he can have the product that he wants to try on at this disposal. Because there is a LED screen that shows the model that was chosen, indicating the sizes and colours available. This interface helps the retail assistant control the stock. The latter is achieved creating a homogenous and comfortable space that doesn’t interfere with the importance of the product or this “tripartite wall”. A different dimensional perception is created, where the “container” disappears below the lights, the reflex and the effect of amplitude that carries the clientele to a new shopping experience.

v Cash box Product

Comme cash System of portable cash. You try on the shoes, and the shop assistant with the “comme cash” charge them, and you don´t need going to pay to the cash desk.

Entrance

SUPERMARKET

Storage + Product + Cashbox ��

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RETAIL SHOP

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BOUTIQUE

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1. Gateway 2. Rigid exhibitor 3. Soft exhibitor 4. Cash desk 5. Panel supplier 6. Storage Aux. 7. Toilet 8. Staff room

COMME des GARÇONS SHOES Window

Fitting Rooms

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SHOES’ SHOP

Concept flagshipstore

Cross Section

Floor plan

Long Section

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Facade shop

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The interior of shop, is the street window. In the night it’s closed with a metal-glass bar code

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�� Suspended continous light ceiling �� 2. Fluorescent lamp type ‘T5’ �� 3. Ceiling � �� structure of steel tube 50mm for ��4. Metallic �� holding �� the screen � �� pass �5. Installations �� 6. Wall �� lining with insulating laminates, type � �� ‘Knauf’ �� 7. LED’s screen �� 8. Auxiliary structure for screen brancing �� 9. Finishing of shelf with 12mm of MDF �� 10. Steel shelf, with a interior structure and �� cladding steel laminate 11. Board box . Dim; 300/320x180x110/160 12.Metal spring system connected to user interface 13. Mirror clamps with 16mm of MDF 14. Mirror of 8mm 15. Printing (with pattern) concrete floor

The shoe box acquires relevance, since it not only stores the shoes, but also portrays the image of the store and it functions as a bag. The latter then, disregards the use of the regular bag since the box itself has a handle by which it can be carried in two different positions.

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Events pavilion Workshop ELISAVA- Design School- BCN Refurbishment of building and new eventsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pavilion 2007

FROM THE LAND TO SEA The land and the ocean are next to each other but apart, both with different attributes that provide the surroundings with a certain richness. Due to the superb location of the building, we aim to join these two elements; accomplishing a connection from the main facade to the end of building, where the guests’ pavilion is found. With only a simple gesture, we achieve a compelling result: To link the building with the environment. This also allowed us to match the different areas of the building. Through the use of a single floor element, we create folds that cover and privatizes spaces; or an “agora”, which is featured as a central space and extends to formalize the exterior of the pavilion, obtaining an accurate marriage of the landscape and the building, and its surroundings.

Current state GARDEN

BUILDING

Concept

... from the land to SEA

HARD. COMPACT. QUIET

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SOFT. DISINTEGRATED. VIGOROUS

Process ...

Pavilion

1. The floor extends from the entrance by the beach into the garden, keeping the same level.

The pavilion generates sights of the interior and the garden. The viewer achieves different points and feelings depend on the hole.

2. The sheet of the floor folds, to form the interior space of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;agoraâ&#x20AC;? and the roof of the exterior pavilion.

FROM GARDEN TO PAVILION

HORIZONTAL GARDEN

3. A grass roof covers the exterior pavilion. 4. Holes are opened where different points of view of the surroundings can be admired.

PERIFERIC NATURE

Views from pavilion

Roof plan

Roof garden

Well.water gound level

Agora

Pavilion

Long Section

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1. Entrance 9. Rubish space 2. Evening 1 10. Service elevator 3. Agora 11. Catering space 4. Evening 2 12. Pass with roof 5. Catering space 13. Toilet 6. Access basement 14. Womens Toilet 7. Catering space 15. Mens Toilet 8. Cold store 16. Pavilion entrance

Ground floor plan of building

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Diagonal Office “La Caixa” Master’s Degree in Interior design ELISAVA- Design School- BCN Office for Construction Department 2007

WORK SPACES-living spaces This project holds the new headquarters of construction services for La Caixa, located in Diagonal 530, Barcelona. The program was divided in four main sectors: Construction, Management, Maintenance and Directorate. Accordingly, a layout was generated under the premise of substraction, conceptualizing the space as a mass. This resulted in micro-spaces that contained the main four sectors. The residual spaces were then used as circulation, allowing all the sectors to communicate among them. One of these spaces was used as a service unit that interlaced Construction, Management and Maintenance.

Floor plan

01. Meeting space 17. Management department 02. Waiting area 18. Logistics 03. Reception 19. Boss areas 04. Meeting area 01 20. Management techniques 05. Expansion area 21. Projects supervisor 06. Square 22. Meeting area 02 07. Library-Storage 23. Project direction 08. Maintenance technicians 24. Project Manager 09. Management techniques 25. Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office 10. Management techniques 26. Secretaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office 11. Hot desking 27. Manager area Mang. 12. Construction techniques 28. Manager area Main. 13. Print area 29. Meeting area 03 14. Server 30. Exexutive secretarial 15. SAI-Rack 31. Main Manager 16. Kitchenette 32. Meeting area 04 33. Bench area

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Works Department

Assistant Dir.

Management Department

Director

Maintenance Department

Others

BB’ Section

AA’ Section

Glass division detail

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BCN Housing Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Degree in Interior design ELISAVA- Design School- BCN Housing project Published in EBEN Magazine 2007

ISOLATED ELEMENTS

Toilet

Kitchen

Living

Work

Bathroom

This house aims to contain the private life and working space of a podiatrist. Thus it has to combine these two needs; being able to keep them apart but keeping a certain cohesion of the project, which is resolved in 2 levels. This is the result of a conceptual recreation of a forest, and it’s materialized by a series of elements that define the different spaces of the house, allowing it to flow at the same time, choosing open spaces with no partitions and communicated either visually or phisically. In this way, an expansion of the visual perception is achieved, as well as the use of natural light. These space-defining elements are then tools that serve to unify the two levels. The space is divided in public, semi-public and private spaces. As a result, an abstraction of the shapes and spaces was carried out, setting up neutral and formally speaking, ambiguous environments in the upper level. These elements are referred to as “functional” stones. Furthermore these are contained between the two parallel walls, just like branches that interlace and sieve the exterior light, serving as storage space to the house, as well as the pass of HVAC.

Ground floor plan

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Lower floor plan

DD’ Section

CC’ Section

‘Stone’ Elements The toilet is an independent element with an use of bookcase on one his sides. The element of chiropody, is the same concept.

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Bookcase The space between the stairs and the wall is used as bookcase with double height.

Entrance Patient acces in the space (house) as a completly unrelated of common vision of an habitat. The physical and phycological gap is marked with a black gate with grazing light. From herre you can access to element of chiropody

Bathroom This space is treated such as japan bath. Therefore the bathtub is an independent element in the entrance. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s closed with other black gate, but with glossy treatment.

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Public Library Thesis Bachelor Degree - Honours ETSA-UDC A Coru単a - Spain Refurbishment of old civic center in public library. 2006

SHOW TO READ The necessity to resume cultural and social activities in the deprived “Barrio de las Flores” neighbourhood in A Coruña (Spain), is achieved by the creation of a center for culture and learning: A public library.. The refurbishment of the old civic center was set by keeping and maintaining the guidelines and mark of its original author, José Antonio Corrales. Not exactly keeping the building intact, but most importantly by keeping its essence and adapting it to the new needs. The development of this program is centralized in creating a dynamic space, which can contain the storage of the books and at the same time, reading rooms. These are connected with the previous spaces through filters that allow people to cross from a noisy area to a quieter space. This creates a building that is articulated in three modules, which works like “microarchitectures” and offers different entrances and functions. The finish for these boxed-modules is composed of toughned printed glass, featuring a quote from the book “Club Dumas” by Perez Reverte which refers to the boasting of literary culture. This also serves to sieve the light in and obstruct the exterior view. From the outside, this facade application tries to act as bait, for people to be lured into the library. The books are arranged in shelves, which portray the foundations of learning. These generate structures that intertwines with the ceiling and rises to the top levels. These voids and shelves are a clear example that show how Corrales appreciated Oteiza’s craft, who is an artist that created space working with its hollowness and emptiness.

Ground floor plan

First floor plan

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Second floor plan

Roof floor plan

Long Section

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Long Section

Facade north

Printed glass Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s used in the exterior glazing facade, with a solar glass protection of 0.30 spectrum. To obtain this, the glass is printed with a pattern with the 50% of its surface. The shade is split in a dotted pattern, in order to achieve a soft shade over the tables. The dimension of the fonts allow them to be read completely from anywhere.

Cross section

Detail glazing facade e 1/7,5 Setion aa

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1. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; steel beam 180mm 2. Alluminium frame with wet lock 3. Sealing of glazing with structural adhesive. 4. Grid enclosure with ventilation system for ventilating. 5. Vertical fixings, wih set bolts 2 per sheet 6. Vertical fixing, with 6 steel angles per sheet. 7. Join sheet steel 160x160mm for brazing structure 8. Aluminium black frame 340/300x1610mm 9. Glazing for solar protection: 8mm toughened printed glass + 12mm cavity + lam.safety glass (2x5mm).

Summer

Winter

BIoclimatic use The glass volume contains the reading spaces, which work in a sustainable fashion during the summer and winter. The volume is separated from the existing walls, and creates air chambers that allow the heat to be kept during the winter and is able to cool the space down during the summer.

Digital Archive

Reading room

Filter Space

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Reading Room

Meeting Point

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Model

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Studio + Housing ETSA University of A Coru単a - Spain Refurbishment of building in office and housing 2006

then & NOW The current spaces set out the guidelines to develop this project. This is the refurbishment of a six-storey building in A CoruĂąa (Spain). The structure is adapted to the new program, which comprises an architecture studio in the first four levels and the house of the architect in the upper two. This program resolves a progression of activities from most public to most private, allowing the users to access the different areas from the lifts area. The premise was to create a double skin, which encloses and contains the spaces, like a geode. The facade was then understood as a curtain, a box that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really close the new volume. Thus a continuous dialogue is generated between modernity and tradition, keeping the line of history latent. The glass walkways fly over the void, creating a space where several viewpoints are introduced. The light sculpts the space and the shell of perforated steel is sieves it.

1. Hall studio 2. Reception 3. Costumer release 4. Exhibition 5. Entrance of housing 6. Toilet 7. Yard 8. Instalations 9. Optional chamber

1. Archive 2. Library 3. Kitchennet 4. Experimentation area 5. Glass walkway 6. Models area 7. Storage

Studio-1ยบ floor plan

Studio-Ground floor plan 1. Archive 2. Creative Department 3. Printing area 4. Toilet

1. Entrance 2. Office 3. Rest area 4. Porch 5. Meeting room 6.Archive of plans 7. Toilet

Studio-2ยบ floor plan 1. Hall 2. Laundry 3. Kitchen 4. Living room 5. Dining room 6. Toilet

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Studio-3ยบ floor plan 1. Entrance 2. Library 3. Bench 4. Master bedroom 5. Bathroom 6.Toilet

Housing-4ยบ floor plan

Housing-5ยบ floor plan

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Corner effect light system

Concepts

AA’ Section

BB’ Section

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Entrance

Creative Department

Office

Meeting room

Rest room