PSLab Studio & Workspace Stuttgart, Property Development, German Design
PSLab Studio & Workspace Stuttgart
New Baden-Württemberg Building, Germany – design by DELORDINAIRE, Architects
8 Oct 2017
PSLab Studio & Multi-functional Workspace
PSLab Studio & Multi-functional Workspace in Stuttgart
Location: Wolframstrasse, Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany
Design: DELORDINAIRE
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PSLab designs custom-made and personalised lighting, produced in their in-house factories in Stuttgart and Beirut. Their designers and craftsmen work as partners in a team, in close collaboration with the client. Interaction between design and build is embedded in a fabric of good communication.
For their new studio in Stuttgart, DELORDINAIRE designed an atypical workspace centred on an immersive experience in custom-lighting design. It encourages hands-on experience and creative communication between designers, makers and clients over an unusual range of functions (design, craft, admin, kitchen, meeting area and library).
The space is structured around a 20m long monolith that occupies the centre of the space. The monolith is clad in enamelled steel, Hainault stone, leather and resin panels. It has a powerful, grounding presence that gives unity to the diverse range of activities occuring.
The expanse of the monolith?s surface is used as a continually evolving workbench, presentation surface and desk area. It is punctuated by a ser...