REAL CONSULTING office design

The area under study (total area 1500 sq.m.) is located in a typical office building, in Kifisias avenue in the area of ​​Chalandri.

The main request of the client was the the aesthetic upgrading of the environment with the aim of re-designing a set capable of stimulating cooperation and meeting the company’s manpower needs in the coming years.

In this direction, the spatial organization of the space was mainly kept as found but the look of it was totally redesigned in order to meet the character of the company. The necessary sizes in each unit (areas of movement, work, meetings, auxiliary spaces, etc.), unification of uses based on the character of the company and optimal exploitation of the spaces offered were the basic design lines.  On the main floor, the visitor is welcomed in the reception and waiting area, where except from external coworkers small groups of employees can meet during the day, have small talks and short meetings. A clean circular route introduces the employees to the space, passing around the open work area (open plan floor plan) and leads them to the closed areas of the executives, the meeting areas as well as the dining and storage areas.

Open space stations offer greater interaction, exchange of ideas and opinions, resulting in the promotion of collaboration and innovation and the creation of coworking opportunities.

In the private offices separated by glass and in the meeting rooms, there is no possibility of further separation (blinds or curtains), thus enhancing transparency and immediacy and following the company’s logic that no meeting takes place behind closed curtains.

The C-Level offices, which border a private relaxation / meeting room room are placed separately and are the only office spaces that act in privacy.

One floor above (top floor) the bigger meeting room of the company gives private access to the external terrace of the building. This space acts mainly as the main meeting room with external associates and clients but at the same time hosts the company’s events during the whole year.

Aiming at the aesthetic and quality upgrade of the work environment and the creation of a pleasant set that improves the user’s stay, cultivates a climate of euphoria and increases productivity, special emphasis was placed on materiality, lighting and furniture.

In the reception and work area, furniture in simple lines, carpet floors in gray colors and green elements compose images of tranquility. Decorative elements – such as light dividers (threads), self-adhesive displays, floor planters with low planting – work ambiguously and create a beautiful atmosphere, project the corporate identity, subdivide the uses and offer the necessary sound absorption. Perimeter cabinets as well as personal lockers function as storage points, significantly reducing the visual nuisance on work surfaces.

The closed management spaces are lined with decorative elements on the vertical surfaces (wooden slats) and equipped with conference desks for daily meetings. Semi or fully transparent glass dividers are placed according to the requirements of each member for isolation and privacy.

In the assembly areas, the intensity rises with the appearance of colors on the floors. Vibrant red, yellow and  green colors develop on the carpets, giving the corresponding character to the red working area , the green meeting room and the yellow relaxation area. In the meeting rooms vivid colors and big screens aim to motivate the employees while in the relaxation area, a green wall is intended to calm and relax those attending the space during their stay in it. In the dinning area an elongated bench in front of the fully equipped kitchen allows workers to have lunch and chat on their breaks.

The lighting, sometimes indirect and atmospheric (hidden linear) sometimes direct (ceiling pl), marks the space by giving it an identity and allows the user to create the desired atmosphere at any time.