2KGC - 2K Games office renovation

"A “functional wall” hosting all the necessary functions for each team runs through the office and generates the different spaces"

Client / Client: Take Two Company

Location / Place: Shanghai, France

Area / Surface: 2000sqm / 2000m²

Year / Year: 2011

Cooperation / Collaboration: ---

Status / Status: Canceled / Abandoned

“Evolution instead of revolution” are the keywords of this office renovation project for a video game company. Indeed, the new project should be integrated in a strongly present architecture without completely changing the existing space. The architectural intervention was to improve the workspace of each production studio through the creation of appropriable spaces.

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For this, an “active functional wall” hosting all the necessary functions for each team runs through the office and generates the different spaces. This wall creates a new synergy in the office, allowing the employees to exchange and communicate easily during the process of creating the video games. Each studio has a small meeting room, a testing area for the video games, an office for the leader and a writing board to simplify the diffusion of information. All these functions were integrated in the « wall» which frees a generous space to make the circulation more fluid in the office. Each team can communicate with the neighbor team because of the passages created through the wall.

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The cafeteria becomes a living and meeting space where the areas for having meals and for playing are clearly delimited. The common spaces (reception, cafeteria, meeting rooms) have been also redesigned with a lighter intervention in order to make them match harmoniously with the new image of the office.

The changes made in the office bring a new identity and more pleasant and appropriable spaces that will enhance the team spirit of the company.