FULL NODE

The co-working space FULL NODE has a contemporary aesthetic and allows Blockchain companies to learn, work and grow side-by-side. As well as sharing information within the Blockchain community, FULL NODE's workspaces form a non-hierarchical context where cryptographers, entrepreneurs, blockchain start-ups, and freelancers can easily network. The concept promotes communication through multiple spaces that facilitate different working styles, including fixed desks, rooms for workshop, events or meetings, lounges, brainstorming rooms, telephone boxes, audio boxes and even a sleeping box.

The listed former post office on Skalitzerstraße in Berlin Kreuzberg, built by Jakob and Fritz Nissle in 1927, now houses a diverse range of separate office spaces and open co-working areas spanning some 1,000 square meters. The original open floor plan was retained, opening up a coherent space for 100 work stations, which creates a sense of spaciousness while also encouraging communication, dynamism and concentration. Transparent glass walls and acoustic measures facilitate focused work, while comfortable open areas facilitate interaction. A flexible fix and flex co-working space is created by combining the entrance with its reception counter, with a café as well as open workshop, event and various meeting rooms of various sizes.

With the focus on creating a high-quality work environment, the individual design solutions feature timeless materials and quiet contrasts. Finely crafted details reveal the design’s high standards. Its young and contemporary look more than meets today's technical and practical needs. Beyond its high quality, this project is characterised by a certain playful ease.

The idea of networking is not only reflected in the surrounding light bands and the spatial continuum of the central zone, but also in the theme of bands and chains which is extended to the inscriptions on the inside glass walls. The blockchain code is visible throughout the room, creating a signposting effect. The sequence of open and closed spaces is emphasised by the interlinking chain effect, creating coherent spaces that can accommodate a variety of new working scenarios.

FULL NODE is a co-working and event space where innovative blockchain companies can collaborate, and grow together. Full Node is located in a former post office built in 1927 and now listed building, that is set in the vibrant and trendy part of Berlin. 

Our clients wished for an innovative and flexible environment that would be in line with their identity and enable the users of the space to work in different modi; from space to communicate, collaborate, contemplate and concentrate. The lighting design concept was developed in close collaboration with the architects LXSY through an iterative and collaborative process and like this, the lighting and the architectural concept enhance each other.  

The meetup and café spaces needed versatile lighting: catchy for events but at the same time suitable for conferences and workshops. These requirements were fulfilled by setting different, easily controllable lighting scenarios. The RGBW light lines hang in different heights and directions, playing on the concept of the innovative and digital businesses who inhabit this office space.

Inspired by the idea of block and chains, the dark grey suspended lines run through the corridors sometimes breaking, sometimes becoming light lines that enter the office's spaces and interconnect the co-working spaces.

Besides flexibility, another requisite was to create a lighting solution that would support video conferences. We came up with a bespoke solution for the Teleboxes: a diffuse panel placed in front of the desk and integrated with the wall, that creates soft lighting on the user’s face whilst they are sitting in front of their computers. This allows them to appear at their best and feel more confident whilst pitching to an overseas investor. The other boxes in the center of the space, have integrated and dimmable lighting to create a variety of settings adaptable to your mood and task.