Meeting Space

I was exploreing the concept of balance of power with the meeting space. The platform is laid out like a chess board refereing to both balance of power as well as the gender difference between Jobs and Zhang Yin, who in this analogy woould be the King and Queen. I have also restricted the movement between the two sapces by removing sections of the floor. This means that neither can invade the others space without the real risk of falling through the ground.

The dining table also explores concepts of blance, using a cantilver design inspired by Calatrava. The spiral stairs lead up and down, giving a sense of ascent and decent from their respective offices to a neutral, blanced plane. But on return they simply have to wait at the top of each stair and the lift will come to pick them up. I wanted the area to be very open to symbolise the openness of the shareing of ideas in the business meeting, but also have an elemet of security, which is why i have included the shade device. It gives the sense of enclosure, but also as if it is reaching out and expanding, which is the concept behind both Jobs and Zhang Yins spaces.