The SAYS.com Secret Hideout

The Making of...

Says.com Hideout!

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The Secret Hideout entrance!

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The featured wall made out of timber strips from crate boxes.

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For RM19.90, you can get this cheap rubbish bins from Ikea and make it into a light fitting.

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The first view of the office as you step through the entrance.

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The meeting space.

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The hackers workspace.

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Free & easy. A good comfy sofa to chill out... 

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...while enjoying playing the x-box!

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The free & easy workstation. Anyone can just plug in their laptops or iPads and work on it!

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A day bed for the weary.

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How cool is that? The Ideal Paint wall that you write on and erase off! 

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Another featured wall with loads of photos from all around the world!

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A little green area underneath the pantry table. The extra sandbricks doesn't go to waste as it doubles up as a short table.

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Another view of the office..particularly of the sales workspace. Check out the sandbrick wall too. Sexayyy eh? (:

Behind the scenes

Often we only see the end product of things. But what we miss out most are the little interesting bits of pieces behind the scenes. From the eye of my camera, here are some of the scenes that were going on 'backstage'.

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Here's the long lengthy discussion between Kenny, Khai Lee and Dr. Jerry. As designers for our client, we have to reach a balance of what the client wants and what we think is best for the client.

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With many years of experience behind him, Dr. Jerry offers a great input of ideas to maximise the smallest potential idea.

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Visualizing something on drawings or on paper is only one part of it. Another greater part comes from going on site and visualize it for yourself!

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Here's something that most designers dont like doing, - dealing with building managements! With many building safety rules to comply, it's one of the reasons that a project can be delayed!

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"The never ending tunnel', as Khai Lee described the route to the Secret Hideout.

 

Stay tune for more pictures!

Work Schedule

Click here to download:
Work Schedule SaysMy.pdf (65 KB)
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Hi team,

Attached is a rough work schedule. We are now subjected to when we can procure the work permit. ( they need processing time, but i dy ask for a favour to expedite process)

So, Should there be a revision in schedule, i will update you guys accordingly .

Cheers

KennyChin
KECHdesign.studio
Interior Design | Photography
e : kennychin@kechdesignstudio.com
m: + 6012.972.9983
w: www.kechdesignstudio.com

Site Handover.

Hi All,

The management at BU are going to hand over the Site to us this coming monday ( 21 Feb) 10.30am at the site.

Well, Just a slight convo with Rave, They are going to state that they handover the site to us the same date (9th or 16 Feb) which is totally not fair to the tenant/contractor as the management has 'stolen' 1.5 weeks of lead time. So, on monday, We will have to nego with the management to state the date as 21st Feb. The actual handover time.

Just something to point out/look out on monday.

Cheers peeps


KennyChin
KECHdesign.studio
Interior Design | Photography
e : kennychin@kechdesignstudio.com
m: + 6012.972.9983
w: www.kechdesignstudio.com

Visuals and Dwg for Contractor Quote

Hi team, 

I've prepared the dwgs for contractor's quotation and visuals for additional information. 
Dr Jerry, perhaps you can invite those contractor that you mentioned during site visit to join in this 'tendering' exercise?

1) partitioning and glazing
2) Electrical & Single line dwg submission/application
3) Security Door Access ( just for basic controlled entry) 

Given the tight timeline, perhaps it would be a good idea to have the contractors to revert by Monday(14 Feb 2011) so the client can appoint a main contractor on Wed. 

Btw, there is good news and not so good news. 

Good news is , we can remove the ceiling panels with the condition that the ceiling must be restored to original condition when lease period is over. 

Not so good news is we cannot paint those ducting and services to black as we have deliberated earlier. 

However, we will explore with some ideas by using landscape shading fabric, or some sort of soft meshing.  in which we will confirm during site handover next Wednesday(16 Feb 2011). 

Cheers! 

KennyChin
KECHdesign.studio
Interior Design | Photography
e : kennychin@kechdesignstudio.com
m: + 6012.972.9983
w: www.kechdesignstudio.com

Click here to download:
Partition and Furniture layout.pdf (120 KB)
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Click here to download:
Electrical.pdf (122 KB)
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Click here to download:
Elevatiion.pdf (103 KB)
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Hideout

Project BRIEF

edited from the original to protect P&C company stuff. but 99% left as is...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Khailee
Date: Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 3:03 AM
Subject: Project BRIEF
To: 

That way when we meet, we can dive right into ideas to solve the challenge at hand...

NEED HELP WITH DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING

FUNCTIONAL MISSION           
           
    Primary objective: A work space which adds positive FLOW of ENERGY to the team    

           
        Groups of people who have to seat in close proximity   
  •         x    Product Team
  •         x    Campaign Performance
  •         x    Sales
  •         x   CEO
  •         x    Finance
  •         x    Interns
    Space to discuss / brainstorm /       
           
  •             Soundproof meeting room
  •             Dining space doubling as collaboration space
  •             Lounge for chats, with Big LCD TV 
    3 Space for whole company town hall       
           
  •             Have a mini platform 'stage' where a big projector projects against the wall, turns whole office into 'town hall'
    4 Other Misc spaces       
           
  •             Cupboard to store food and locate water cooler
  •             Mini library shelf
  •             Daybed by the window next to bookshelf
           
LOOK AND FEEL           
           
    "Work from home, modern 'overseas' apartment penthouse"       
  •      Reference (1) { link removed }
  •      Reference (2) http://business.ikea.com/sb/siteshell/startup.html#,en_US;diad,mum

    •     Color scheme       
    •         Grey cement floor   
    •         White walls (ideapaint) doubles as whiteboard   
    •         Ceiling to remove panels, paint insides grey / black?   
        Accent       
    •         Black   
    •         Wood   
    •         Glass   
        Textures       
    •         Raw and unpolished where possible   
        Lighting       
    •         Warm and ambient where possible   


    The initial Raw Space

    UNIT B baybeh.

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    The Brief Brief

    Imagine..

    "Following a blocked access road, a sharp detour forces you into the woods... where on a top of the hill, you may stumble upon the top secret hideout of a small tribe of hackers and thinkers building a global social media company."

    And BOOM. You enter a cozy space, wreaking with counter-conventional use of objects and materials and clear signs of genius. "Something is going on in here", you think. And you get the idea that the people here on to something that will take the world by surprise.

    It is very

    • SECRET HIDEOUT
    • SHAPE-SHIFTING / FLEXIBLE
    • SIMPLE BUT UNCONVENTIONAL
    • RAW, NATURAL

    It is not

    • Lavish / pompous
    • Artificial / polished
    • Office cliche
    • Trying hard

    And it is the daring product of

    • Kenny Chin - Interior Designer / Project Manager
    • Jerry Chong - Concept Designer / Client Advisor
    • Khailee Ng - Client / Creative Direction

    ROLES

    Kenny Chin

    Project management and execution - Drawing, planning, client management, timeline coordination, budgeting, shopping, sourcing, construction supervision... Accountable for successful delivery of final product Every other little thing to make the space come alive

    Jerry Chong

    Advisor at all stages of design process = especially expert input into turning vision intro design reality Assisting in intelligent sourcing and suitable contacts Attend meetings / correspondence / trips where applicable

    3. NEXT STEPS:

    • TIMELINE (tentative)
      • Week 1: Concept finalization
      • Week 2 - 4: Construction, furnishing, and finishing
      • Week 5: Informal move-in reception
    • We would need to decide on proposed space planning / checklist of stuff to ask the fit-out ppl on Weds 10AM.
    • REF: Space http://khailee.posterous.com/raw-space