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kvadrat
place:ebeltoft, danimarca
project:sevilpeach
buyer:kvadrat
lighting project:Viabizzuno/sevilpeach
technical sales consultant:jonathan morrish
photos:ed reeves
kvadrat, danish company that holds
the leading position in high-quality textiles international market supplying architects
and designers all over the world.
kvadrat’s products reflect the firm’s commitment
to colour, quality, simplicity and innovation.
the firm consistently push the aesthetic, technological and functional properties of textiles, collaborating with leading designers,
architects and artists including miriam bäckström, raf simons, ronan and erwan bouroullec,
thomas demand, olafur eliasson,
alfredo häberli, akira minagawa,
peter saville, roman signer,
as well as doshi levien and patricia urquiola. london-based architects sevilpeach
has transformed kvadrat’s head office in ebeltoft
which was commissioned from architects
poulsen & therkildsen of aarhus in 1980.
the red brick of the building echoes
the local architectural vernacular,
while the low profile of the structure sites it comfortably in the surrounding coastal landscape, essential in kvadrat’s use of colour,
brought into the building through
new floor-to-ceiling windows.
in their redesign, sevilpeach unlocked
the location’s potential
to better reflect the company’s image,
while enhancing the working experience on site: the canteen, where employees gather
for ecologically home cooked meals,
is the heart of the site;
the communal space of the canteen
has been extended into a new library area
with a long table for dining
and meeting, where soft seating areas
and quiet workspaces look out
onto the landscape.
opened-up office spaces and studios
encourage collaborative working;
a new welcome area, social spaces
and a library extend kvadrat’s family ethos.
fabric and colour are the heroes
of the site: high curtains are used
as flexible boundaries
for meeting rooms, as temporary
dividers or to soften large open spaces,
while loose families of colours
and textures delineate five zones
within the site – welcome, management, product, social space and studio – linked by a corridor running through the building.
focal point of the headquarters
is the spectacular 320sqm showroom,
occupying a space formerly used
for warehousing, allowing clients
to explore kvadrat’s range
of high-quality textiles and products,
with tones and shades:
entry is through an angled curtain wall,
seven metres at its highest point,
with doorways picked out in yellow trim.
the display wall accommodates
sixty linear meters of product,
while a bespoke wall of retractable
three metres curtains allows textiles
to be shown as intended for use.
within the showroom, Viabizzuno
installed an intelligent system with
a bespoke linear c2 with sensors
that recognize which rail is in use
and manage the light accordingly,
ensuring fabric is displayed
in the best way possible.
sevilpeach wanted to use a common
language of light fitting throughout
the space, and chose
Viabizzuno’s n55 as a unifying
family of luminaires.
the flexibility and range
of the n55 were ideal as the same elements
can be used in various mounting positions:
either suspension, wall, floor-standing,
ceiling and track. the specific n55 lamp-holder allows to change three types
of light bulbs: classic, decorative and technical.
the extensive range of decorative
glasses appealed to sevil peach
and kvadrat, as these assist in defining
particular areas of the building,
with various
designs of shade matching
the functions of the individual spaces.
colour is central to the design,
a light with the best
in class colour rendering was therefore essential.
n55 light source was the perfect choice
and was used throughout the building
to render the textiles
and enhance the clarity of the interior.
CRI (colour rendering index) of 98,
an R9 value of 98, ies tm-30 with a colour fidelity index Rf 96 and a colour gamut index
Rg 103 guarantee the quality of light.
indeed it was crucial, particularly
in the design studios and the showroom,
where extensive tests were undertaken
to ensure that the light rendered
the real colour of the products,
enabling the textile designers
to work successfully.
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