"A Table Through the Forest" by Christian Pottgiesser

Dubbed 'A Table Through the Forest,' this unique office is the Paris headquarters of companies Pons and Huot housing a total of fifteen executives. Christian Pottgiesser has created a unit that has seven individual rooms for each director and one open-space office for the remaining eight clerks.

                          Architects: Christian Pottgiesser – architecturespossibles
                          Location: 5 place de la bataille de Stalingrad, Paris 10ème
                          Project Team: Christian Pottgiesser (architect) and Pascale Pottgiesser (artist)
                          Desk Studies: Joel Betito (engineer)
                          Control Office: GARDEN control technic
                          Security Coordination: MSH board
                          Fire Safety: Casso & Co.
                          Shell: p.v.m., vine-sur-Seine
                          Carpentry: Yves Le Sann s.a. for Reinhardt, Ingwiller
                          Project Area: 540 sqm
                          Project Year: 2005-2006
                          Photographs: Courtesy of Christian Pottgiesser – architecturespossibles

Forest Through the Table by Christian Pottgiesser - Design - Interior Design - Office

The base for the construction was a rotten industrial hall built in the late 19th century,
in the typical design of the period. The hall was completely restored
and the roof was changed to new glass roof.

Forest Through the Table by Christian Pottgiesser - Design - Interior Design - Office

Each individual workplace is incised into the wooden upper surface and covered by a "telephone-dome" of Plexiglas.

Forest Through the Table by Christian Pottgiesser - Design - Interior Design - Office

This project received the 2008 Contract World Award and
the Best of Category TIA Best of Office Architecture Award for 2008.

Forest Through the Table by Christian Pottgiesser - Design - Interior Design - Office