atelier tho.A drapes gamma’s office space with translucent ‘fabric walls’

as a company that provides accessories, materials, furniture manufacturing and interior design, gamma has expanded its office in vietnam, revealing a whole new design by atelier tho.A. by utilizing all the old cabinets and chairs, the project was finally completed at a low cost of $6,000. 

all photographs © quangdam

with the help of atelier tho.A for the interiors, gamma had a desire to expand their working space for about 15 employees and renew the interior to harmonize the space with the nature of their work. in the end, a multipurpose common space was created to integrate various functions like working, exhibiting, meeting and relaxing. at the same time, a connection between smaller spaces was encouraged through the translucent characteristic of fabrics provided by gamma. 

by using translucent fabric walls, the functional spaces can be changed by rotating the hanging frames. with this translucency, a space can inadvertently lay in another, making people’s activities between these units visible and yet mysterious. with this approach,  the central, intermediate, and relatively private spaces are also formed. additionally, the delimitation is not always evident because the combination of fabric and hanging frames offers a flexible change, but the softness of the textile causes the change of perimeter more difficult to predict. in this case, the working area becomes an idea that is soft and elastic; defined and undefined perimeters simultaneously make the architecture border-less, and with no specific content.

project info:

project name: gamma office renovation 

architects: atelier tho.a
client: gamma furniture

location: binh thanh, ho chi minh city, vietnam
area: 65 sqm 
year: 2017

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edited by: lea zeitoun | designboom

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