Firm： Architecture for Humans

Type： Commercial › Office Educational › Other Industrial › Laboratory Research Facility

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2017

SIZE： 1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET： $10K - 50K

Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK) is home to many up and coming startups in Kosovo and the main place where innovation and technology happen in Prishtina. It’s only natural for ICK’s Hub 038 to represent the same values and enhance the high-quality way of working.

Prior to the transformation, the space was used as an event area, with no particular program and without a clear identity. Transforming the existing space into a highly flexible, multi-functional area for new startups and as a co-working space that's full of character, requires a specific design strategy. Since the ICK is in itself a large co-working environment, it was very important that the HUB inspires that same cooperation between young professionals and new businesses, as well as with lecturers and trainers.

Hub 038 can alter between anything from business and individual work-spaces to screenings and lectures. The easy transformation from one to the other is one of the main creative objectives that were successfully reached, focusing on a new dynamic in the relations between the users. Creating a number of different work-space options like sitting, standing, or even lying down provides this area with a much sought-after adaptability.

In order to attain a comfortable solution for each occasion, the furniture had to be tailored to each combination of use. FlipDesk and Droids by Modicular proved to be the perfect solution for this space.

FlipDesk

FlipDesk can turn into a bench within seconds and is particularly useful in spaces that are flexible and need to be transformed quickly, without wasting time or space.

There are two versions of the FlipDesk:

Large - that can fit two people when in desk mode, and up to three people sitting in bench mode

Small - is comfortable for one person in desk mode, and two people in bench mode

Droid

Named after Star Wars droids, these are the droids you are looking for when you need some additional space for plugging in your devices and moving them around. The Droid can be an extra seat, a makeshift flower stand, a spontaneous/tiny/improvised coffee table or simply storage space.