Space Lab — Space & Pepper

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We are a research AND DESIGN lab dedicated to creating better spaces to live and work.

What we do

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We bring together innovators and thought leaders from multi-disciplinary backgrounds to discuss, exchange and co-create on the topic of future spaces.

INNOVATION RESEARCH
Sourcing our own market analysis and user research,
we gather data, seek new insights and angles and create content as an open-source platform.

PROTOTYPE AND DESIGN
We aim to build our very own Maker’s Space as a physical place to for designers to build, test and prototype solutions for a better future.

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THE CURIOSITY PROJECT:
ON A MISSION TO HUMANIZE CITIES.

ABOUT

IT’S TIME TO TAKE ACTION
As for most, the past months took a toll on us. We didn’t need to look far to see how the way we live, work and connect took on new dynamics. These changes demand new solutions that re-imagine the way we inhabit cities.

FIVE FRESH IDEAS
Gathering the most creative people we knew, we created a Collective of Urban Planners, Architects, Designers, Strategists and Operational Experts to brainstorm and create user-centric prototypes for a better future.

MAKING IT HAPPEN
Our goal is to turn these ideas from abstract prototypes into real-life products that could positively impact life and work in cities. We are looking for support in Designing & Building, Funding and Public Display.

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PRESS

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Web Article
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”How the 2-Day Office Responds to the Rise of Hybrid Work”
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THIS IS HCD
THIS IS DOING
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”User-centric innovations to define the future of living & working”
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BEYOND CRISIS
LAND DER IDEEN
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”Designs for a new generation of Mixed-use spaces”
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THE 2-Day office:
A solution to hybrid work

A HUMAN-CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE ON WORK

In a qualitative user research we conducted, people reflected on their 2020 work odyssey, sharing highlights and pain points working from home and imagining the return to the office.
One defining question surfaced: If people have the opportunity to work from home indefinitely, what are the reasons they prefer returning to the office?

A WORKPLACE CONCEPT TARGETED AT HYBRID WORK
The concept revolves around a physical space driven by core activities that employees consider to be most valuable to happen in an office. This maneuvers us away from the generic Monday to Friday, 9-to-5 operation to a more targeted, time-conscious solution: The 2-Day-Office.

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EVENTS & INITIATIVES

Wed, May 20th 2020 | Online
Talk #5: Moving from Offline to Online Events
with Pauline Loeb, Head of Events at The Collective.

Together with Pauline we chatted about the “switch” from offline to online events for the highly community-driven concept at The Collective. How to keep members engaged and connected when physical meet up’s were no longer an option?

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Thurs, June 4th 2020 | Online
Talk #6: New times for the Berlin Gastronomy with Kate Bailey, Founder Hospo Online and Martin Rohrbach, Hospitality Consultant and Integrative Food Concept Founder.

With a creative panel we got together to outline the type of new environment Berlin’s Gastronomy may be facing, share learnings and take a courageous look into the future.

This event was organized with our People & Spaces Circle at Factory Berlin.

Thurs, May 7th 2020 | Online
Talk #4: Designing and Scaling Community
with Gaëtan de Dietrich, Head of Community at HMLET.

For this virtual session we targeted an omnipresent topic in Co-Living: Community. How to construct the DNA of a good Co-Living Community? How to scale this very high-level concept, and how to maintain engagement along the way?

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Wed, Apr. 15th 2020 | Online
Talk #3: Co-living in time of crisis
with speakers from HABYT and Vonder.

Over one month into the lockdown: How are co-living spaces coping with the new challenges? How do they manage community in isolation? In this virtual meet up with our partner Co-Liv, our network got together with our fantastic speakers to share insights and best practices.

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Thu, Aug. 15th 2019 | Factory Berlin
Digital Restaurants: The future of Gastronomy
with Christian Hamerle from SAP’s DATA Kitchen

We sat down with Christian Hamerle, food tech futurist and manager of SAP's fully digital restaurant in Berlin Data Kitchen, to talk about his take on the future of gastronomy.

Tue, Oct. 8th 2019 | Factory Berlin
Talk #2: Reinventing Innovation Hubs with speakers from AKQA, Volkswagen Lab and Daimler Innovation Lab.

We explored the concept of Innovation Hubs and how to design for innovation in spaces. Together we took a deep dive on innovation strategy and what role the human factor and physical spaces play.

Tue, May 7th 2019 | Factory Berlin
Co-Living Edition - Talk #1:
The Future of (Co)Living

In our first event we took a behind-the-scenes look into the various concepts and operations of Berlin’s vibrant co-living scene. In our panel talk we gathered insights on how to create a co-living space, how to build and foster a community - and what it’s like living in co-living space!
A warm thank you to our speakers from Happy Pigeons, lifeX and Projekthaus Berlin.
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Images by Ana Torres