Rruga B_ Park

5//Jun. 2023 | Architecture, Industrial Design, Urban Design,

Public spaces play an important role in creating vibrant and connected communities. They provide opportunities for people to interact, relax, and engage in a variety of activities. Unfortunately, not all neighborhoods have access to such spaces. One such neighborhood is Mati 1, which in terms of public space availability is considered one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. To help this issue, Architecture for Humans proposed an urban intervention for the ‘Rruga B’ public place, which can potentially transform an abandoned area into a flourishing public park.

The proposal suggests creating a public place that caters to different age groups and offers various activities. The space is divided into three main clusters – leisure, entertainment and health. The leisure cluster includes seating areas, green spaces, and a small amphitheater. It provides opportunities for people to relax, read, or socialize with each other. The play cluster includes a playground and a basketball court. It is designed to attract children and teenagers and encourages physical activity and socialization. The health cluster includes exercise equipment, a running track, and a small garden. It provides opportunities for people to engage in healthy activities and spend time in nature. Due to the lack of green spaces in the neighborhood, this park is a good opportunity to create new green spaces that would offer the residents of the neighborhood and the users of the park, areas of cleaner air. Therefore, the proposal includes a variety of tall and low vegetation to be planted and maintained the in the park.

Another important aspect of the proposal is accessibility. Due to the topography of the site, specifically the steepness of the terrain, one of the key goals of our design was to make sure that the space would be accessible by any category of users. Therefore, the space is designed to be inclusive with ramps and stairs that are incorporated to make ascending and descending of the public place accessible to anyone. This ensures that the space is usable by people with disabilities or limited mobility, making it truly an inviting and gathering space for anyone.

Since we people that public spaces can also serve as strong anchors of identity the designers have incorporated uniquely designed lamps into the lightning design of the park. The lamps are not only functional but also add aesthetic value to the area, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere, making the space more welcoming and safe for people to use.

Flow State_ Workspace

24//Feb. 2020 | Industrial Design, Interior Design,

In pursuit of an ideal Flow State

Located in a busy street of a busy city centre, this relatively small office for an expanding team required a solid but flexible design objective. The project aspired that through design, it would try and capture a perfect Flow State in which during an activity, be it individual work or a process of reflection and brainstorming, the person is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, a sense of full involvement, and perceptive and sensory awareness. With a balance of many equally important aspects of a working process that were observed during the time spent with the team, the intention was to create alternative workspaces that inspire a mental state where the user is mindfully absorbed in the activity, resulting with transformation in one’s sense of time by way of increased productivity.

The small team of the applied cybernetics company Bitsapphire – is often caught in a workflow that alternates between team brainstorming and creative individual work. This pushed us to think of designing two different spaces in which these two types of ‘flow states’ can be developed interchangeably: teamwork and creative individual workspace.

An additional space was planned for the more formal activities like small meetings, consultations, and closed conference calls, set in floor-to-ceiling glass panes with roll-able translucent shades to maintain auditory privacy yet allow for a visually open space full of natural light. In addition, the office has a small, highly-functional kitchen, and a high plant shelf that is well lit and acts as a living separation between spaces.

Jungle Workspace – Individual Creative Workspace

The Jungle Workspace began as a crucial necessity for multi-use alternative workstations. The limitations of the space were used to an advantage very suitable for the team, where this specific design would give each user a semi-private workstation in a set of the very qualities of space that were vital for the productivity and efficiency required, as well as effortless attention on their work. The design enables a variation of work positions ranging from sitting on the floor, to standing up. Alternating between different positions rather than a continuous seated one is recommended and can be very healthy for the body.

The colour dynamics of the workspace mean to aid focus and calmness with cool colours while in close proximity, yet be visually engaging from afar to boost inspiration through warmer hues. An added element of moss and lichens planted in integrated containers acts as a low-level break between workstations as well as a small-scale visual barrier for better focus.

Crew Deck – Teamwork

In order to support a connection in a more traditional way of work which consists of discussions, brainstorming, and collectively coming up with solutions, the team desk was designed to do just that: enhance communication between team members.

To support the needs and requirements of the team and their unique methods of working, the shape of this workstation was determined through automated analysis of movement, prioritising an unobstructed visual connection between the users, which resulted in a completely computer-generated contour that encourages these specific qualities of the work setting and flow.

Crew Deck was designed by Architecture for Humans and built by Greatwood

The Jungle Workspace was designed by Architecture for Humans, built by Greatwood and hand-spray painted by Katertekater.

Kuzeen_ Portable Kitchen

28//Feb. 2019 | Industrial Design, Interior Design,

With the increasing demand for furnishing small spaces as effectively as possible, it is essential to wrap things up in a clean-cut composition. Kuzeen is a mobile kitchen best suited for teams and companies that change offices often, or for small office spaces in general. Searching for an easy way to assemble a kitchen in a simple yet functional way, we came up with the design that takes up minimal space for maximum functionality. Kuzeen has all the essential parts needed to replace a normal kitchen setup, occupying a fraction of the space. For offices and working areas that go for a more multi-functional approach, Kuzeen is the perfect addition to the space.

Depending on the needs, Kuzeen can be modified by adding or removing compartments which vary in size and usage.

Energizing_ Workspace

26//Feb. 2019 | Industrial Design, Interior Design,

As a space that is a hub of innovative businesses and young entrepreneurs, Innovation Centre Kosovo needed a welcoming reception that with convey the coolness that the incubator has.

This area used to have a large reception desk that took up too much space, and the whole floor was used only as a transit hallway, something quite different from the other floors where there were many small spots that were used for relaxing and taking a break from work.

The challenge was to create a couple of micro-environments that did not require redoing the whole ground floor, yet brought new life to the mainly unused area.

The first step was designing a reception desk that fit the requirements but did not take up unnecessary space. This desk was integrated with an amphitheater suitable for a welcoming