Yandex company office in Yekaterinburg occupies the fifteenth
floor of a new business center ‘Palladium’. The building is close to circle
in section and consequently the office space is concentrated around the lift
group and technical premises; in plan view it reminds of a horseshoe. Dynamic volumes and
expressive furniture are za bor bureau’s visiting card; they successfully
convey the concept of a prompt exponential ‘Yandex’ development, while wood and
cork chosen as main facing materials illustrate the company’s humanism. Stack
partitions made from thin profile in the corridors, as well as wood used in the
working premises, have not just aesthetic, but also a brightly expressed soundproof
effect. Quite low ceilings (3.60
m) have been visually made higher in the corridor, and
the communications there have been painted in deep black colour.Since ‘Yandex’ offices
are known for their informal attitude to working process and since they work
round the clock, besides large and small conference halls and traditional
general working zones the project provided for a gym, a kitchen, coffee
room and chamber communication ‘cells’ (or pods) - spaces singled out from the
corridor volume with the use of partitions. Floor space:
700 sq m