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Dyson Singapore Technology Centre

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As inventor and manufacturer of the most sought-after household appliances worldwide, from vacuum cleaners to hair dryers, creativity and innovation is within the DNA of Dyson since its establishment. Echoing with Dyson’s value, Aedas is glad to be engaged in the technology firm’s office relocation as interior designer for its new Singapore Technology Centre.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Located in the heart of Singapore’s start-up community and next to the National University of Singapore, the 4,000 sq m office features a broad range of labs in engineering disciplines including connectivity, motors, sensors, electronics, robotics, navigation, software and purification, housed alongside workspace for its people.

Image © Owen Raggett.

The design gives an overall look and feel as ‘pure Dyson’. It is an aesthetic that is minimalist, technology-driven and futurism while embodying the company’s philosophy of “form follows function”.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Inspired by the new Dyson Supersonic Hair Dryer, the round-shaped reception is luminous with a grand ceiling light surrounded by grills simulating fan blades. The reception area features some of Dyson’s most popular products, inspiring quotes and an eye-catching exploded view of three machines in the centre – a showoff of Dyson’s robust technology portfolio.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Image © Owen Raggett.

The workspace is as clean and simple as their machines, celebrating function over form. To reflect the engineering centric philosophy, the café for Dyson people features a Morris Mini, which is an example of British engineering. The café, with a varied selection of furniture, also features a number of different work options. It is a widely welcomed result of Dyson’s goal to introduce an Activity Based Working (ABW) culture to encourage collaboration and sharing of work space.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Image © Owen Raggett.

To realize an ABW environment, surveys and observational data were gathered to find that people frequently move around and are not bound to their desks. Others needed electronic lab benches to work at while some lacked spaces to collaborate and tinker on new products and ideas. 

Image © Owen Raggett.

Image © Owen Raggett.

Collaboration and quiet areas are interspersed within the workspace to foster interaction amongst teams. Labs that had been hidden in a separate area behind solid walls are stretched around the edge of the workspace and many became transparent so that colleagues can see each other and see what is going on. The Technology Centre, designed by Aedas Interiors, has become a benchmark of creativity-driven workspace for Dyson. It has recently won the ‘Interior Design– Workplaces’ Award at Architecture MasterPrize 2019.

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