Funny Or Die 洛杉矶总部 | 清水混凝土与黄色厨房的创意空间

Funny Or Die office

设计方：Clive Wilkinson Architects

位置：美国

分类：办公空间装修

内容：实景照片

图片来源：Nicolas Marques – Photekt

项目规模：2323平方米

图片：11张

Funny Or Die作为一家幽默搞笑视频网站，其新总部办公室由Clive Wilkinson Architects设计，位于美国洛杉矶，总面积达2323平方米，设计反应出其公司不羁的气质。由于预算有限，地板和墙都是用的清水混凝土，接待室和公共空间用的金属框架结构和未加工的材料。尽管整体空间大部分都是开放式的，还是有小型的办公室，让员工们可以进行团队活动，并且也能保护隐私。厨房漆成黄色，将咖啡桌摆在中间，加上一张长沙发，看起来有点混乱，不过这种无规则的设计显得十分自由。因为厨房作为公司所有团队都要经过的地方，就像是个聚合点一样。第一层是为了视频产品所设计，其特色就是绿屏画幕。有时候拍摄需求，随时可能牺牲自己的私人办公空间，因此公共区域的家具都装上了轮子，可以随时搬开用于拍摄。

译者： Jasereen

The comedy website of apparently straight-to-viral videos, such as President Obama’s sit down with Zach Galifianakis for Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns series, moved into the new space in West Hollywood in late 2013. Their new offices occupy the first two floors of a new building on The Lot, a historic production studio lot dating back to the silent film era. Designed by the Los Angeles firm Clive Wilkinson Architects, which recently made headlines for the endless table they made for the Barbarian Group, Funny or Die’s 25,000-square-foot production office reflects the company’s irreverent, scrappy, raw ethos.

Working within a tight budget, the design scheme addresses that rawness literally. Floors and structural walls are bare concrete–perfect for the skateboarding producer. Reception and communal spaces feature exposed metal stud framing and unfinished materials such as plywood, galvanized metal, and pegboard. The central, glass-walled meeting room has astro-turf. “CEO Dick Glover made the point that as a company they are not mature and not sophisticated and didn’t want to be,” says architect Clive Wilkinson. “As underdogs in the entertainment world, they like the idea of being provocative. They didn’t want anything too subtle.”

Yet for all the riotous color and visual winks, the architect took seriously the demands of a company that has a foot in both the tech and the entertainment worlds. Although many startups express their free spirit through shared spaces and open floor plans, Funny or Die’s producers needed smaller offices where they could work as a team, and have privacy. “Sometimes they need to shut the door in order to put an agent, director, or celebrity on speakerphone,” notes Fain. (Like the President’s press rep.) Private offices have room enough for two or three producers; these ring the floor, and prop rooms, editing bays, sound booths, and hair and makeup areas are nestled in accordingly.

The design needed a place where the company’s 65 L.A. employees (there are roughly 25 in San Mateo and 10 in New York City) could collaborate and simply hang out. Wilkinson placed the kitchen–painted a shocking yellow–along with café tables in the middle of the space, and put couches nearby. “Is it a bit messy, yes,” he admits, of the unorthodox arrangement. “But deliberately.” Because the kitchen is central, it’s the place where the entire team of producers, accountants, and lawyers crosses paths. And it’s a gathering spot to live-blog Game of Thrones.

Naturally, any company that specializes in shooting videos has a dedicated stage for filming. Theirs, on the ground floor and designed for video production, features a green-screen cyclorama. But given the pace of production at Funny or Die, more often than not the offices themselves become the set–producers get thrown out of their cherished private offices if the scene calls for it. Fain insisted that the furniture in the common areas be put on wheels so it can be easily pushed out of the way for filming. “We shoot everywhere,” she says.

洛杉矶Funny Or Die办公室室内局部图

洛杉矶Funny Or Die办公室