Interior Design of Studio and Office - Dramatic English (2006)
The client for this project was an English tutoring company who taught the language through the use of drama and theatre. They originally had an office in Jordan, but lacked their own studio space and were in need of a larger office. After acquiring a new office space in Jordan, their desire was to transform it into a welcoming and inviting studio and office in which they could hold classes and seat a number of staff for teaching and administration purposes.

The request was for a warm, comfortable setting which would invite people to visit even out of class time. After visiting the space and holding meetings with the client, a general direction was drawn.

Owing to the fact that the building itself was located within a well of taller office buildings, natural lighting was minimal. Thus, the brightness of the room, important in creating an inviting space, had to rely on artificial lighting. An adventurous approach to the colour palette within the room introduced red as the primary colour, with brown as soothing elements and a white to balance off the atmosphere.

The space was divided into four elements. An office, two classrooms, one reception and a studio. The office and classrooms were to be glass-walled to emphasize the deepness of the room, with the red as an anchor in the back. The reception itself features three pieces of self-designed furniture. A shelf, inspired from antique Chinese furniture, a receptionist desk, and a computer desk for students to use. Both desks featured a light birch colour to lighten up the room, and are both curved to give an impression of drawing in the audience. They also serve to smoothen out the limited space within the reception area, and create a more opened feeling. The antique shelf standing upon by the window makes use of the limited natural lighting to highlight elements that are to be placed on it, creating a secondary focal point within the room.

The placement of furniture is done to deliberately force visitors to explore the small space. By placing the reception in the corner, visitors are asked to move into the corner of the space, through the opened area in the middle. The computer desk is placed at the opposite corner, creating a network of interaction within the central space between the two desks.

The project involved working closely with the client and the contracter who carried out the project to achieve the final result.