The key design challenge was to create a work environment that encouraged both creativity and productivity. The architects developed a colour concept to promote identity within the various teams, creating a world that lies somewhere between spacecraft and living room and goes from white and smooth surfaces to colourful and soft ones.
The company logo with its graphic overlaps of colour served as an idea generator for a textile pattern (E, F). Along the glazed building envelope geometrically irregular woollen carpet surfaces in bold colours dominate in the bright open-plan offices and dining areas (C, G), which are laid out in a U around a neutral corridor (A, B). The futuristic look of this internal axis with its smooth polished epoxy resin floors emphasizes the contrast to the colourful carpets. Special rooms on both sides form a buffer zone between the open-plan space and the corridor. Meeting rooms and workspaces for smaller teams open up on to the main floor; fully-glazed informal meeting niches, gaming spaces and a foyer area in a monochromatic colour scheme are oriented towards the corridor (B, D).
Different light sources correspond to different spaces: light strips in the hallways and spots in the interior offices sit below smooth plastered ceilings; while in the open-plan space lamps and pendant light bulbs hang between supply pipes on completely exposed ceilings in a very industrial way.
