Roman Klis Design GmbH
The globally operative brand design agency of Roman Klis is situated a little buried in a small town in the surroundings of Stuttgart, Germany. Due to the change of its existing premises into a ‘new work office’, a touch of urbanity found its way to Herrenberg.
The client’s wish – and in consequence also the interior design concept – was to convert the rather conventional office space into a ‘locus of desire’. Strong colours, many plants, fabrics and cleverly designed spacial structures change the agency into a vivid, atmospheric space to live – and to work.
Pfarré lighting design developed a lighting concept, which strengthens the interior design, sets highlights on particular spots – and enlightens the workplaces as close as possible to the standards. In order to support the intensively coloured interior concept, all luminaires have a good colour rendering and a high uniformity. A challenge in charge of sustainability was to re-use as many of the existing luminaires as possible.
In the entrance area, general lighting is emitted by flush mounted, linear ceiling luminaires. As they are arranged parallel to the existing airing outlets, the ceiling gives a quite neat impression. The staff restaurant - situated in a glass annex – is now visible over a long distance thanks to seven big, custom-made lanterns, made of coloured textile. Pendant LED-bulbs give an additional light on the tables.
For the illumination of the workplaces in the upper floors, the design team developed big, custom made pendant luminaires. They act like a kind of hybrid between architectural and decorative lighting: With the neat white surface and the slick, round-shaped form, the luminaires serve as strong decorative elements. At the bottom, powerful LED-profiles with microprismatic cover emit uniform, glare reduced - architectural – lighting for the computer workstations. A variety of (artificial) plants was placed on top of the luminaires - indirectly lit by a flexible LED-Strip which meanders in between the plant containers. The luminaires were built in three different sizes, it is then possible to enlighten 2,4 or 6 adjacent workplaces.
Along the main beams of the building, the general lighting for the traffic zones in between the tables is emitted by linear LED-profiles with opal cover. Some of the existing luminaires as LED-profiles, fluorescent pendants and pendant LED-rings were re-used in these areas.
In the open meeting areas, different cylindric luminaires were cautiously ‘interwoven’ within pendant plant containers. Other meeting ares - in glass containers or alcoves - are surrounded by indirect cove lighting and dominated by a centered, big pendant luminaire, made of bamboo, which transports a touch of Maldives. The overall lighting design is complemented by glare-reduced task-, shelf- and table lighting.
