< PreviousCover feature commercialinteriordesign.com September 2022 30 Young Designer of the Year Hala AlSabouni Monica De Hostos Sophie Kuya • Alaa Mohamed from Rumah Interiors • Annabelle Cleary from INC Solutions • Christine Alawas from Forsite Creative • Christine Elias from Horton Interiors • Fatma Lootah from Bluehaus Group • Hala AlSabouni from Ellington Properties • Laura Lee from DLR Group • Lina Benassia from L.S. Design • Marah Balash from Veena Siddharth Design Studio • Monica De Hostos from Bishop Design • Nadine Kassab from Woods Bagot • Navyatha Reka from KPS • Nervan Helmy from SAY Studio • Payal Hodar from Bash Hesnef Interiors Design LLC • Sara Alsharif from HBA • Sharon Ann Philip from Roar • Shivani Ramdas from Westbrook Interiors LLC • Sophie Kuya from Kristina Zanic Consultants • Zahra Chowdhry from twentyone06 Cover feature 31 September 2022 commercialinteriordesign.com • Lulie Fisher Design Studio • LXA • MMAC Design Associates • mustard&linen interior design • NIU • Pixel5 • SOSA • Twentyone06 • XO Atelier • 4SPACE Design • Allen Architecture Interiors Design (AAID) • amg design consultants • Broadway Interiors • Brand Creative • DZ Design • Kart Group • Keane • L.S. 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Design • Pallavi Dean from ROAR • Paul Bishop from Bishop Design • Pooja Shah-Mulani from LW Design • Stuart Allen from Allen Architecture Interiors Design (AAID) • Vaida Buchrotaite from DLR Group • Veena Kanchan from Veena Siddharth Design Studio • Vera Dieckmann from XO Atelier Paul Bishop Kristina ZanicCover feature 33 September 2022 commercialinteriordesign.com • H2R Design • Kristina Zanic Consultants • LW Design • Roar Studio • Swiss Bureau Interior Design & Build • Bishop Design • Bluehaus Group • Designsmith • DLR Group • Forsite Creative Interior Design Firm of the Year H2R Design Bishop Design ROARPartner content commercialinteriordesign.com August 2022 34 H aving been established in 2019 by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF), ROSHN specialises in developing integrated urban neighbourhoods featuring residential communities with modern standards across the kingdom. The idea behind the project’s launch was to meet the demand for new housing supply while developing integrated neighbourhoods, localising international best practices, incorporating the latest technologies in construction, and enhancing the quality of life in the Kingdom. Soon after launching, in November 2020, the real estate giant unveiled its fi rst project, a community in Riyadh. Spread across 20km2, the megaproject comprises of more than 30,000 homes, and is an integral part of ROSHN’s 10-year mandate to develop communities across the kingdom. In August 2021, company decided to name the project “SEDRA”. The mega development is strategically located north Presenting the Real Estate Partner ROSHN of Riyadh, south of King Khalid Airport, and within close proximity to Princess Nourah University. The gigaproject also aims to raise the rate of homeownership to 70% in the country. You can still purchase a seat at the interior design industry's ultimate awards ceremony. For event enquiries and table bookings, please contact: Anthony Chandran, Marketing and Events Manager; +971 4 444 3685; anthony.chandran@itp.com Render of ROSHN's upcoming project.READY TO SLEIGH? FOR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, CONTACT: SECURE YOUR SPONSORSHIP FOR COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN’S QUIZMAS SPECIAL COMING SOON www.itp.events/CIDQuiz Georgia Littlefair Commercial Manager +971 4 444 3562 Email: georgia.littlefair@itp.com Present day workspaces are more than just desks. They involve elements that cater to employee wellbeing as well as healthy social spaces PAGE 38 Afsal Mohamed from Light and Lives shines a spotlight on offi ce lighting design PAGE 40 We take a look at how BW Interiors utilised their expertise to realise the interiors of Visa CEMEA HQ PAGE 42 Husain Roomi from H2R Design talks about designing social spaces for mobile working commercialinteriordesign.com September 2022 36 EVOLVING WORKSPACES SPECIAL REPORT in association with Light & LivesOFFICE 37 September 2022commercialinteriordesign.com Photo credit: Light and LivesKnowledge partner commercialinteriordesign.com September 2022 38 T he past year has upended the traditional connection between work and home, resulting in mixed spaces that are not optimised for work. However, even with remote working growing in popularity, the past few years have re-emphasised the importance of the offi ce as a space critical for creativity, knowledge sharing and collaboration. Modern day offi ces are designed for effi ciency and effectiveness and do not follow a one-size-fi ts-all approach. With the offi ce design culture now facing a paradigm shift, spaces are being designed to ease the transition of employees working from home, back into the offi ce. As companies look at how their space can support individual users, we see hybrid models of people working from home and in the offi ce. With this in mind, lighting systems play a crucial role in helping employees transition to the workspace more smoothly. Our philosophy has always been a balance between the art and science of lighting. We try to achieve the required levels of the task while considering how the design looks and feels within a given space, and there is more to proper design than base illuminance levels. THE NEW NORMAL A sense of comfort emanating from home has, slowly but surely, become the norm sought-after in offi ce spaces, which has loosely translated into more "hospitality-inspired" warmer luminaires, with products around 3000K being used. As a result, bright and uniform lighting with 4000K-5000K has become redundant to a large degree, with people opting for more contrast and dramatic effects with lights, creating a dynamic yet inviting environment; that does not affect the Collaborative space at a private offi ce in Abu Dhabi, designed by Studio Nero. LIGHTING THE NEW WAY OF LIFE By Afsal Mohamed, Founder of Light & Lives Afsal Mohamed, Founder, Light & Lives.Knowledge partner 39 September 2022 commercialinteriordesign.com productivity of the individual. This spatial design is key to the choice of luminaires and their distribution. In the post-pandemic era, the trend is to have a well-balanced mix of open collaboration areas, closed offi ces and private workspaces, providing people with the fl exibility to choose their settings and convertible spaces. This allows for varied lighting effects to be used across the space, which can be supplemented with fl exible illumination and other passive lighting control devices, which were not as prevalent in commercial offi ces. Functionality-oriented focused lighting has evolved to take centre stage over the past few years for both conventional and non-conventional spaces, allowing designers to be more experimental with their choices. We had applied these principles to some of our latest offi ce projects in Downtown Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The approach to one of the projects was to create mood lighting throughout, to compliment the dark industrial design. Additionally, strategic lighting solutions further elevated the raw materials used in the space and the overall design theme. One of the exciting challenges we faced was crafting the boardroom chandelier using a retro component like neon. Conventionally more popular as a signage material, the neon underwent a lot of R&D to be developed into a statement piece. The result pays homage to the theme whilst standing out from the rest of the design details and introducing depth to the space. Neon is fl ipping the switch on previous design limitations, making its way back into the lighting world, leaving space for more possibilities than ever before. The offi ces were strategically designed in collaboration with Studio Nero and Swiss Bureau Interior Design respectively, to utilise the ample daylight available in the unit, exploited through the fl oor-to- ceiling glazing running through the space. The patterns created by natural light can change the mood of a space while increasing the occupant's comfort, health and productivity. The lighting in the space was designed to compliment the daylight spectrum between 2300K and 3000K, to create a continuous fl ow while reducing the need for artifi cial lighting, which helps reduce the use of energy. Respecting the individual character of different workstations in one of the offi ces, we applied acoustic pieces from Devorm (Onde) with effective sound- absorbing properties that helped meet the functional needs of different settings and various lighting modes. The new normal, along with its challenges, has become a catalyst for change. How we approach the built environment is instrumental in understanding its lighting requirements and to adapt to the ever-evolving need for something new, agile and fl exible. And as such, how we illuminate this built environment shapes our perception of comfort and belonging to the space. Custom designed neon lighting. Biophilic design. Photo credits: Sergei Nekrasov and Ushma Highlighting the presentation space.Next >