OLX Bulgaria Headquarter

Sofia, Bulgaria

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OLX Bulgaria Headquarter

Sofia, Bulgaria

Firm

Bureau XII

Type

Commercial › Office

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2016

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

BUDGET

$50K - 100K

OLX Bulgaria office headquarter Sofia / Bulgaria

Design: bureau XII

Office area: 310m2

Year of planning: 2016

Completion: September 2016

Photograph: Tsvetomir Gzhermanov

bureau XII was commissioned with the design of the new headquarter of OLX Bulgaria, a classified

platform dealing in 40 markets around the world. Located in the heart of the city center of Sofia, in

an ex printing house from the 1930’s, the new headquarter should offer a contemporary and

functional space for the local team of around 32 people. The design brief requires an open space

with maximal transparency, a room with 9 working desks for the Telesales department, a room with

3 working desks for the IT department, meeting room for 10 people with teleconference equipment

and a bright kitchen next to an existing south faced terrace. The client’s wish were to have beside the

good functional “office machine” an exciting and distinguishing style with mostly natural materials

and as much as possible customized solutions. One of the challenges in that project is the fact that in

the 30’s ex industrial building double floor is not foreseen. bureau XII evaluated possible scenarios

for the cabling of the working desks, and the most reasonable way proved the solution with cabling

in the open ceiling, avoiding the necessity of double floor and ramps or steps toward the evacuation

routes and building staircases. Industrial spiral pipes were used to conduct the cables from the ceiling

down to the working desks. bureau XII designed the office desks, made by plywood and steel, the

simple lighting solution and the custom “iceberg” soft seats placed in the relax zone in front of the

open air area. The overall design has the aim to provide a vivid space with balanced intervention in

the historical substance.