Modern office interior with light wood paneling and open shelving. A rectangular cutout in the wall reveals an office space featuring geometric chairs and binders. Natural light filters through a window, and part of a desk and chair are visible.

The Arts Council England - Brighton Office

Brighton, England

2009 — 2010

Client The Arts Council England

Buildings · Workplace

The Arts Council England’s staff working policies demanded a carefully planned space with a very specific relationship between different employees, while at the same time avoiding any overbearing hierarchy. Bespoke joinery, combing storage, lighting and utility functions, act as visual portals between the transient working spaces and permanent working areas.

Modern office interior with light wood paneling and sleek, gray office chairs. The space features open workstations with partitions and a minimalist design. Bright lighting enhances the clean and organized atmosphere.

Modern conference room with glass walls, visible through a corridor. The room has a sleek table and designer chairs. Ceiling lights add brightness. The floor and walls are white, creating a minimalist and clean atmosphere.

A modern office interior featuring light wood walls and a rectangular window-like opening. Through the opening, a desk with a black chair is partially visible, illuminated by overhead lighting.

These tectonic elements have been carefully positioned to imply subdivision without separation; their design and placement reinforcing circulation routes and providing a shifting relationship of uninterrupted views, narrow glimpses and foreshortened perspective. The apparent layering of the visual field encourages an appreciation of movement and parallax, and on occasion has encouraged a theatrical occupation of the space.