Idemia Co-working Space is a model of sparking innovation through spatial design. The concept of creating convergent spaces through intentionally designed collisions results in an office space that helps people innovate, collaborate and disrupt.
Idemia Office
Co-working Spaces by Chaukor Studio
Idemia is a well-known name in the domain of Biometrics and Identity Recognition systems. They work with cutting-edge technologies and products that find their applications in many urban and rural infrastructure sectors. With this background, the Idemia group also works with many upcoming tech-based startups and companies that work on innovative technologies and products that will eventually pave way for future applications.
Their innovation center located in the Noida headquarters is visualized as a coworking shared space where tech startups and growing companies working in similar domains of technology and products can be incubated and mentored so that they can work in collaboration with Idemia. The aim is to create a space where innovation is the central focus; and where tech companies and individuals work in a collaborative manner.
Project Details
Project: Idemia Co-working Space
Location: Noida
Area: 5,000 sqft
Team
Design: Nilesh Bansal & Tejeshwi Bansal
Office Design that powers innovation!
By Chaukor Studio : Leading Office Interior Designer in Noida
In contrast to conventional office space, Idemia CoWorking is a modern office interior design, in Noida where all formal areas are given prime importance over the informal ones – the innovation center does the complete opposite! An open cafeteria designed on minimalistic lines is the first thing that an individual encounters the moment one enters the office space.
The main reason behind this design decision is to enforce the idea that any kind of collaboration actually starts to take shape in spaces that have informal characteristics. Conventionally, people are forced to work in structured formats, where spontaneity is generally lost and with that the possibility of innovative ideas. For individuals to work in a collaborative manner, it is crucial that spatial planning and design support the same. So it becomes essential that there are in-numerous possibilities where people can connect and spark up discussions.
CoWorking Space on WeWork Financial Centre, Shanghai (Source: www.coworker.com)
Seating Layouts & Creating Clusters
By Chaukor Studio : Leading architects for Office Interiors in Noida
Bringing variety to seating layouts and creating clusters where smaller groups can exist cohesively accentuates the possibilities of spontaneous discussions and generate collaborative work styles. The entrance space is a composite mix of a large comfortable lounge, meeting rooms for 4-5 people (with varied seating layouts), and a couple of semi-open cubicles where people can chat while maintaining privacy from the central lounge space. In addition to smaller cluster spaces, single-person booths are also designed that allow individuals to hold confidential video conferences and private conversations.
Workstations that maximize efficiency
Creativity and spontaneity in design
Next to the clustered spaces are the workstations that too follow the structure of openness and collaboration. Floating, freestyle workspaces are planned in an open-hall format where people can work while being part of a larger collective. Since the center is never used as a full-time workspace, the workstations are not designed to maximize efficiency rather they are designed to encourage creativity and spontaneity. The placement of the workspace however is planned towards the inner part of the office space to maintain certain noise segregation from the active lounging cluster areas.
Innovation Centre
Collaborative Office Spaces by Chaukor Studio
The third and one of the largest zones in the innovation center is the event space which provides space for larger group meetings and can accommodate 40-50 people at a given point. This space is used to hold larger informal conferences, seminars, and events wherein people can present the ideas that they have been working on. This is also the space where mentors and investors come in to address concerns faced by startups and tech companies associated with the group. Event space is planned in two distinct parts – one with a fixed wooden platform which has a similar use case as that of an amphitheater. While a large open space is left in addition to it that provides flexibility in seating layouts that can be arranged as per the use case of the event hosted.
Innovation centre is the event space that provides space for larger group meetings and can accommodate 40-50 people at a given point.
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Office Design
Collaborative Office Spaces by Chaukor Studio
In nutshell, the innovation center is a composition of Lounging collaborative spaces for smaller work groups, Workspaces that are used essentially by individuals for smaller time durations, and an Event space where people gather in larger groups to share their ideas. This wide variety provides the much-needed flexibility to the office space that enables collaboration, and innovation, eventually leading up to disruption!
Small collaborative spaces created to discuss and brainstorm at Idemia
Source: CoLab Coworking - New Gallery
About the Author
Reetika is a young architect who is fascinated by the tales behind all pieces of art. She enjoys sharing those stories and giving them her own touch. She aims to write and communicate in a way that is instructive, easy to read, and understandable to each and every one.