Sea Cave Office

MAIN THEME

Our design concept is to create a biophilia workplace with inspiration from Myanmar’s natural oceanic sceneries. It is intended raise awareness for sustainable living and environmental protection. The use of curvilinear shape as design language is to resemble waves with a touch of greenery.



DESIGN ELEMENTS

Curvilinear design language is carried to elevation design. It resembles sea caves found in some of the beautiful Myanmar beaches such as those in Myeik. To avoid suppression feeling from full closed ceiling at open office area, we propose a open ceiling design with round shape acoustic ceiling as decoration which also resemble dynamic marine lives. A neutral and natural tone is used for the meeting room design as an image of being inside a sea cave. The canteen space is imagined as a fishing village with sea caves as the backdrop of the scene and bamboo weaving basket on the ceiling. It is a space people can enjoy good meal while looking out to Yangon’s Landmark, Shwedagon Pagoda. Another feature of our design is a Myanmar Culture room which is imagined as a room with thatched roof and decorated with traditional Myanmar artifacts and textiles. Recycled furniture and wood planks are also used as design elements.



SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

It’s very challenging to acquire LEED certification in Myanmar but we still included some sustainable design approaches. Workstations are designed along building curtain walls to allow maximum daylight to reduce the use of artificial lighting. All lighting fixture is using LED source with high energy saving. The ACMV system is design to be supplied by cassette type units so users can control each unit independently to keep thermal comfort and reduce electricity consumption by switching off rooms that are not occupied. We use locally produced products including bamboos, teak planks, recycled materials, and refurbished furniture that are available in Myanmar. We also use green label materials including carpets, SPC flooring, etc.



CONCLUSION

The outcome of the workplace provides a green safehouse for staffs and visitors protected from the intense and uncertain outside world.