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The Working Capitol, Robinson Road Singapore by HASSELL

Has co-working been up-staged by the pervading popularity of an out-of-office culture? The answer is, not quite yet! In their latest design for The Working Capitol Robinson Road Singapore, HASSELL expertly subverts pop culture tropes to re-envisage co-working as a progressive yet playful model that speaks the language of the Millennial workforce.


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December 15th, 2017

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Architects & Interior Designer
HASSELL

Photography
EK Yap

Project Manager 
Facility Asia

Builder
Tarkus

Services Engineer
Aurecon

Quantity Surveyor
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Furniture
Space Furniture – Arflex ‘Pecorelle’ armchairs and lounges, ‘GTV’ breakout chairs
Stylecraft – Tacchini ‘Kelly’ meeting room chair, Derlot ‘Picket’ stools, custom tables
Koskela – ‘Quadrant’ flexible lounges

Lighting
Space Furniture – ‘IC’ wall ball lights

Finishes
3M – ‘Chilli’ radiant dichroic film
Tretford – Goats hair carpet
Kvadrat – ‘Coda 2’ fabrics
Panelogue – ‘Waxed Melville’ marble like cork, pine plywood
Deco Expression – ‘LS’ rubber flooring
Mafi – Timber flooring

Fixed & Fitted
JEB – ‘X Series’ glazed partition system
Woodfix – ‘Opendesk’ workstation system

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