Firm： Daniel Scerri Periti [DSP]

Type： Commercial › Office

STATUS： Built

YEAR： 2016

SIZE： 0 sqft - 1000 sqft

DSP OFFICE

Where do we spend most of our time of the day during the week? For most of us, at work! So why not make sure that your work place reflects your identity, and puts you in the right frame of mind, inspires you, relaxes you?

This was the thought driving the design Daniel Scerri Periti [DSP]’s own new offices, part of a refurbishment project in a dilapidated property.

The first effort was to introduce as much natural light as possible within the restricted availability. Secondly, the opening up of most of the structure allowed access to a new mezzanine level.

As a back focal point, at the far end of the offices, the back room floor and wall were clad in artificial turf, which gives a feel of an internal artificial back garden while doubling as a sound insulator for board meetings. A tree trunk, salvaged from a building site, was stripped and preserved, and acts as a vertical sculptural element in front of the double height library in the double height space. The office pet sheep, Betsy, found its spot here. A full double height mirror visually duplicates the width of the 'internal garden'.

The entrance needed to reflect a clean but cosy feel, welcoming the client and user. A bi-directional wallpaper, that imitates a cosy Christmas jumper pattern, warmed the entrance. A floating reception desk creatures minimal obstruction to the flow.

The next room is a play of white materials. This provides a neutral clean background and blank palette for the imagination required for the design proposals created in this space. A long wall of cement finish binds the room with the mezzanine in the near room, while displaying some of the architecture firm's selected portfolio.

The raw materials and green aspect reflect the office's design inclination.

Credits:

Architecture & Design: Perit Daniel Scerri, Perit Rebecca Zammit, Elyse Tonna, Nick Inguanez

Structural Engineer: Perit Ivan Buttigieg

Custom-Made Furnishings: Studio Moda Group

Structural Alterations: Hega Ltd.