White & Shiny at the Champs Élysées

65, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

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White & Shiny at the Champs Élysées

65, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France

Firm

Type

Commercial › Office

YEAR

2009

BUDGET

$1M - 5M

WHITE & SHINY AT THE CHAMPS ÉLYSÉESThe project in Paris was commissioned by an Austrianexecutive recruitment company, Neumann International AG, which assists
its clients in seeking highly qualified managers and is represented by a
growing number of offices throughout the world. To create a uniform appearance,
S. Drei Architectur was commissioned to design an Architectural Corporate Identity which was to become the basis for the spatial conversion of the rented
offices at each location taking into consideration the particular conditions
and parameters applying in each case. The architects accompany their client
from the start, helping them to select the location and choose the furniture,
thus guaranteeing that the company conveys a consistent impression to the
public.

Corporate Identity
The entire design concept takes a whole range of possible requirements
into consideration. The offices are located in modern tower blocks as well as
historical palaces, their size generally ranges between 150 and 900 m² and
since the buildings for conversion are exclusively rental properties, the
changes made should be easily reversible.
The basic repertoire therefore consists of a room-in-room concept with
uniform furniture, partitions and
paneling with partly
integrated indirect illumination, the use of the color white, which can be used
elegantly and neutrally in every available context as well as a functional
pattern which was developed in close collaboration with the client and which
responds to the specific requirements of the various working situations in the
company. The structural elements and furniture planned by S.Drei Architektur
are manufactured by an Austrian carpentry and joinery firm and the
constructional and infrastructural changes are carried out by local companies.

AwardsNominated for Building of the Year 2011 | USAThe International Architecture Award 2010 | Chicago Atheaneum | USAThe Project of the Year Award 2010 | EU & IsraelLeonardo Award 2009 | BelarusExhibitionsContemporary Spaces Athens | Athens, Greece | 2011World Architecture Festival | Barcelona, Spain | 2010The City and the World | Madrid, Spain | 2010Bienal Miami & Beach | Miami, USA | 2009International Bienal for young architects | Minsk, Belarus | 2009