Architecture practice Studio VDGA has renovated an office in Pune, India, with partition walls made from cardboard and MDF.
Located in the Pimpri Chinchwad district, the four-storey office for 100 people has been given a recyclable fit-out.
Partition walls are made from cardboard and medium-density fibreboard (MDF)
Called Office in Cardboard, the project has been shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2020 in the large workspace interior category.
"We devised an innovative concept to replace the solid partition walls with more functional and textured material," said Studio VDGA.
"It also serves as a low-cost material since it does not require polishing or painting as it is kept raw."
Honeycomb cardboard is light, strong and low cost Studio VDGA's paper-based design was made for an electric-components manufacturing company that is in the process of moving away from its previous work of making petrol and diesel vehicle components.
The cardboard's recyclable properties are intended to symbolise this shift towards a more environmentally-friendly industry.
Cuts in the cardboard create patterns of shadow
Sheets of honeycomb cardboard ? a kind of paper packaging with an internal hexagon structure for strength ? form divider walls, doors and a backdrop for the reception area.
"Honeycomb board was first introduced in the aeronautical industry in the form of aluminium honeycomb boards," said Studio VDGA.
"In paper form, it is used extensively in Japan since ...