Louis Lhoest, a Dutch expert, together with several Warsaw architects and media representatives met in Balma Showroom in Warsaw on 14 June to talk about the megatrends as well as the idea of Activity-Based Working and to see the latest concept of the brand. That event has proved that the new address on the map of the capital of Poland is not just a shop, but, instead, it is a perfect venue for business and creative meetings and a well-designed showroom and functional working space.
On 14 June 2016 Fabryka Mebli Balma invited Louis Lhoest, an expert in designing office space, from the Dutch office of Veldhoen&Company International, ,to deliver a special lecture. Lhoest, who cooperates with LEGO and Volvo, among others, spoke about the revolution in thinking about new workplaces as well as the megatrends posing innovation challenges for employers. Currently, while creating office space one needs to focus on the human needs. The concept of Activity-Based Working presented by Lhoest met with great interest from the guests, who were able to see the implementation of the idea right on the spot.
“The showroom we have created at 96 Pańska Street follows the philosophy of Activity-Based Working to make the space flexible and to ensure the area is a perfect workplace. Thanks to that philosophy, the showroom arrangement can encourage both teamwork and individual work in silence. There are clearly structured areas here: public, semi-public and private space”, says Aleksandra Mętlewicz, an architect, who has not only designed the showroom interior, but who also deals with content-related and consulting issues the showroom visitors would like to discuss.
The concept of Activity-Based Working corresponds to the philosophy of Balma PLUS system, which is a result of the cooperation of different experts in organisation management with designers and independent experts. The system offers solutions for office space taking into account work psychology, ergonomics and proxemics. The work of the multidisciplinary team has been successfully translated into the language of design by the designer duo of Wiktoria Lenart and Piotr Kuchciński. You can have a close look at the system in Balma new showroom at 96 Pańska Street in Warsaw.
Before his lecture, Louis Lhoest conducted a workshop for a selected group of architects. And in the evening there was a banquet. The interior did promote an informal exchange of ideas – after all, the kitchen has been located right in the centre of the showroom and, what’s more, in the entrance zone the visitors were welcomed by a green wall with real moss growing there!
Balma Showroom in Warsaw is a new address displayed on the map – and it is not just a mere showroom, but, most of all, a meeting place for architects, investors and individual customers.