Yesterday I visited the designstudio I am going to work with for the first time and it was such a weird experience. This house was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was, upon it's completion in 2005, the tallest building in Scandinavia.
I can understand the necessity to build really tall buildings in cities where space is limited, but this is Malmö! The building has apartments as well as office spaces and the office where I am going to work is on the 19th floor (out of 54) so it's not even halfway up, and I must say (even on a cloudy day) the view was spectacular!
I'm not the biggest fan of this type of architecture, neither interior or exterior. Apart from the view, it felt abit like being on a ferry or on an airplane. How do you get a cosy, homey feeling in a space like that? And I can't imagine what it would be like to live in a place where the windows just opens 10 cm! Where there is only one way out!
For an office, it works just great and I'm really looking forward to the next few weeks (especially to work together with the nice and talented people there!) and maybe I can start dressing more stewardess-like to match the interior!
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