Architect and Builder August/September 2018 | Page 94

INTERIOR FEATURE
ALLPORT
INTERIOR DESIGN: INHOUSE
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PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF INHOUSE
hen leading supply chain management firm, Allport
Cargo Services South Africa, sought to redesign the
interiors of its Cape Town offices, it looked no further
than award-winning design studio, Inhouse. Allport offers logistics
solutions for the storage, clearance and movement of goods by air
and over sea. They required a solution that would reflect its brand
identity and business offering in a modernised work environment.
Allport Cargo Services South Africa occupies the 2nd and 7th
floors of a building on Loop Street in Cape Town. The Inhouse
team needed to integrate the aesthetics of the two separate
areas in a seamless manner regardless of the spatial divide. In
response to the design challenge, Inhouse made use of several
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key elements that generate an immediate impression of the brand
identity as soon as guests enter either floor and allow visitors to
instantaneously distinguish the offices from others in the building.
Because Inhouse’s design concept was inspired by the shipping
industry, decidedly maritime notes are reflected in both the colour
palette and interior décor elements.
These elements include a colour scheme of blue, white and
black, which correlates to Allport Cargo Services South Africa’s
corporate colours. Timber, exposed brickwork and the use of
nautical-inspired elements are evident throughout. Even the
elevator landings serve to extend the design scheme, featuring
white metro tiles, bare brickwork and splashes of blue.
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