A short-listed Entry in a National Competition to Design A reception desk for Leicester's International Youth House Project. The brief was to design a unit capable of absorbing A number of functions such as cash handling, storage, information dissemination etc.Rather than building a single fixed unit a series of 'trees', in pre-drilled rolled steel section, were devised. Various elements (shelves working surfaces etc.) from various sources could then be added, allowing a blaze of diversity within a relatively small space. Over the years these unit could mutate as the client's needs change, but the central columns would remain intact.
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Counters computers, lighting etc may be arranged at various heights, be moved, added to or removed. |
Drawers, Key dispensers, pockets & shelves are built around vertical columns which may run on castors allowing the user to position artifacts around them. |
Back lit posters, V.D.Us, speakers, banners etc may be positioned to catch the public's attention. |