Office Building Complex

The design originates from the delight experienced while standing within the previously existing pine tree forest. An almost magical atmosphere, which the office building would soon be entirely surrounded by. 

Air, light, shadows, smells, soil and the occasional rain, all these elements activate human senses. On this site, they formed the outside canvas with which the workplaces were brought into a relationship. 

The arrangement of the spaces and their openings define the views towards the surrounding trees and landscape in such a way, as if experienced - frame by frame - along a cinematic narrative. 

The main building is divided into two volumes: one for the administration with an internal patio and another for employees with an unhindered view of the forest. In order to provide natural daylight, the underground meeting room was placed next to a newly formed slope. A kind of planted terrace with aromatic shrubs that enhances the light and provides views and pleasant smells towards the outside throughout the year.

The interior atmosphere distinguishes itself from conventional office spaces. While an open-plan arrangement enables a more relaxed character, the materials used are similarly reminiscent of more informal living spaces. Wooden floors made of wider and more crude planks, the absence of false ceilings as well as detached lighting elements all contribute to this rather domestic working experience.

The restaurant space is detached from the main volume of the office building. The movement towards it leads through the pine forest and ends up in a shelter like space. A shaded space with a panoramic view of the landscape.

In this sense, with the aim of creating an optimal working climate, pauses and movements along different routes create a sense of outdoor working, as if being entirely embedded within the forest.