Deutsche Bank @ 1 Raffles Quay
Knoll System
Knoll System
Deutsche Bank @ 1 Raffles Quay is a project unique in its every way as the product used in this project was not a product carried by my ex-company.
However, as the person in-charge on the client side had insisted that they do not want to see our existing products, my ex-company had no choice but to collaborate with another player in the market and brought in the Knoll System into this project.
However, this new player was very new to this industry hence I am put incharge with the technical research and advisory between the 2 company handling this project.
And trust me, throught the whole phase of mockup to get this project, we had practically climb the moutains and swim across oceans as we got hit by "challenges" around every corner during every mockup presentation.
However, as the person in-charge on the client side had insisted that they do not want to see our existing products, my ex-company had no choice but to collaborate with another player in the market and brought in the Knoll System into this project.
However, this new player was very new to this industry hence I am put incharge with the technical research and advisory between the 2 company handling this project.
And trust me, throught the whole phase of mockup to get this project, we had practically climb the moutains and swim across oceans as we got hit by "challenges" around every corner during every mockup presentation.
Challenges presented to me, other then facing a system which I had never came across before at that time, also includes the following.
The Knoll System used in the project was meant to be freestanding in the first place, as a spine system. But it was using a "rocket" foot support which protrudes unsightly for the clients. They wanted something more "unseen" but yet provides rock solid support on this heavy spine system.
The Knoll System used in the project was meant to be freestanding in the first place, as a spine system. But it was using a "rocket" foot support which protrudes unsightly for the clients. They wanted something more "unseen" but yet provides rock solid support on this heavy spine system.
And this wasn't really that easy considering that for a free standing spine system, stability is a very important factor. Taking away the "rocket" foot support which was the actual supporting accessories for the system was as if taking aways the legs of a chair.
And when the Knoll Specialist who flown in to advise on their system, they brought in some other supporting accessories which they had claimed to be used in some other custom project before. But when we were presented with it, they couldn't fit it up to show us how it works as it does seemed to be fitting.
In the end, we took the concept of bracketry they had shown to us, redesign it to fit onto the panel's structure.
However, stability of the system was not achieved.
But after numberous samplings and trial which include sandbags test, we manage to calcuate out the optimal weight required on the new support to anchor down the whole system.
And when we thought it was over, came another requirement.
They wanted to fit Powerlogic Oblique onto the Knoll Power Panel Module.
It might sound simple but the Knoll Power Panel Module was molded plastic which does not had a flat surface to work with.
Milling is out of the questions as there are simply tens and thousands of piece required and it would have been too slow and non economical to do it that way.
Hence our solution was to use laser cutting and after many failed attempts and sampling later, we manage not to get the plastic too burnt and was able to get the opening to suit the fittting of the Powerlogic Oblique.
However, stability of the system was not achieved.
But after numberous samplings and trial which include sandbags test, we manage to calcuate out the optimal weight required on the new support to anchor down the whole system.
And when we thought it was over, came another requirement.
They wanted to fit Powerlogic Oblique onto the Knoll Power Panel Module.
It might sound simple but the Knoll Power Panel Module was molded plastic which does not had a flat surface to work with.
Milling is out of the questions as there are simply tens and thousands of piece required and it would have been too slow and non economical to do it that way.
Hence our solution was to use laser cutting and after many failed attempts and sampling later, we manage not to get the plastic too burnt and was able to get the opening to suit the fittting of the Powerlogic Oblique.
After we had settled all that, when we thought all was over, we were told to come out with a solution for them to mount our in-house CPU Holder onto the Knoll Desking solution.
The official methods was of course to screw it directly onto the bottom of the desk itself but the requirement was that we are not supposed to do that.
"No screw on the desk"
Hence, its back to the drawing board to come out with some quick attachment solution to secure the CPU Holder onto the Koll Desking's structure instead.
The official methods was of course to screw it directly onto the bottom of the desk itself but the requirement was that we are not supposed to do that.
"No screw on the desk"
Hence, its back to the drawing board to come out with some quick attachment solution to secure the CPU Holder onto the Koll Desking's structure instead.
With all those mentioned are not all the issues faced just to get this project of several floors but with all the hard work and weekends burnt, we finally got it.
And till this day, with every expansion of Deutche Bank in Singapore using Knoll System, my legacy will be passed down.
And till this day, with every expansion of Deutche Bank in Singapore using Knoll System, my legacy will be passed down.
